| Stigmatomma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 53 species | |
| Synonyms | |
ArotropusProvancher, 1881 | |
Stigmatomma is agenus ofants in thesubfamilyAmblyoponinae.[1] The genus has a worldwide distribution, and like most other amblyoponines,Stigmatomma species are specialized predators.[2] First described by Roger (1859), it was for a long time considered to be a synonym ofAmblyopone until it was revived as an independent genus by Yoshimura & Fisher (2012) based on worker mandible morphology.[3]
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