Stigmatomma scrobiceps is a species of ant in the genus Stigmatomma.[1] It was described as Bannapone scrobiceps by Guénard et al. in 2013, based on two specimens collected in Yunnan Province, China, and placed as the second species in Bannapone.[2] It was moved to Stigmatomma by Ward and Fisher (2016).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Stigmatomma |
| Species: | S. scrobiceps
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| Stigmatomma scrobiceps (Guénard, Blanchard, Liu, Yang,& Economo, 2013)
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Specimens were found in habitats that were forests with considerable amounts of leaf litter and rotting wood materials. Due to the few specimens collected and the fact that the area has been relatively studied, Guénard et al. (2013) ranked the genus as one of the most rare ant genera in the world. However, they could not rule out whether collection techniques, crypsis, or subterranean habits (known to occur among ants within the subfamily) biased the frequency of the collections.[2]
Etymology
editThe name refers to antennal scrobes on the heads of the workers, and the name's translation from Latin means trench-headed (= trench) and "ceps" (= headed).[2]
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2016). "Stigmatomma scrobiceps". AntCat. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Guénard, B.; Blanchard, B.; Liu, C.; Yang, D.-R.; Economo, E. (2013). "Rediscovery of the rare ant genus Bannapone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) and description of the worker caste". Zootaxa. 3734 (3): 371–379. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.6. PMID 25277919.
- ^ Ward, P. S.; Fisher, B. L. (2016). "Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 41 (3): 683–693. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..683W. doi:10.1111/syen.12186. S2CID 51820029.
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