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Stigmacros

Stigmacros is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Formicinae endemic to Australia. They are generalist predators that forage in leaf litter, on the ground, or on trees.

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Stigmacros
Stigmacros punctatissima worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Melophorini
Genus: Stigmacros
Forel, 1905
Diversity1
49 species
Synonyms

Acrostigma Forel, 1902
Campostigmacros McAreavey, 1957
Chariostigmacros McAreavey, 1957
Cyrtostigmacros McAreavey, 1957
Hagiostigmacros McAreavey, 1957
Pseudostigmacros McAreavey, 1957

Stigmacros is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Formicinae2 endemic to Australia. They are generalist predators that forage in leaf litter, on the ground, or on trees.3

Species

  • Stigmacros aciculata McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros acuta McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros aemula (Forel, 1907)
  • Stigmacros anthracina McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros armstrongi McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros australis (Forel, 1902)
  • Stigmacros barretti Santschi, 1928
  • Stigmacros bosii (Forel, 1902)
  • Stigmacros brachytera McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros brevispina McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros brooksi McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros castanea McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros clarki McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros clivispina (Forel, 1902)
  • Stigmacros debilis Bolton, 1995
  • Stigmacros elegans McAreavey, 1949
  • Stigmacros epinotalis McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros extreminigra McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros ferruginea McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros flava McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros flavinodis Clark, 1938
  • Stigmacros foreli (Viehmeyer, 1925)
  • Stigmacros fossulata (Viehmeyer, 1925)
  • Stigmacros froggatti (Forel, 1902)
  • Stigmacros glauerti McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros hirsuta McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros impressa McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros inermis McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros intacta (Viehmeyer, 1925)
  • Stigmacros lanaris McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros major McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros marginata McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros medioreticulata (Viehmeyer, 1925)
  • Stigmacros minor McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros nitida McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros occidentalis (Crawley, 1922)
  • Stigmacros pilosella (Viehmeyer, 1925)
  • Stigmacros proxima McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros punctatissima McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros pusilla McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros rectangularis McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros reticulata Clark, 1930
  • Stigmacros rufa McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros sordida McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros spinosa McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros stanleyi McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros striata McAreavey, 1957
  • Stigmacros termitoxena Wheeler, 1936
  • Stigmacros wilsoni McAreavey, 1957
References

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Stigmacros". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Stigmacros". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Heterick, Brian E. (2009). A Guide to the Ants of South-western Australia. Vol. 76. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. pp. 112–119. ISBN 978-1-920843-43-4.
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