Stereomyrmex
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Stereomyrmex is a genus of myrmicine ants. Two of the described species are known from only a single worker, making this one of the rarest groups of ants in the world.[1]
Biology
The single specimen of S. anderseni was caught in a pitfall trap, and nothing is known about its biology.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Systematics
Stereomyrmex is probably the sister taxon to Romblonella. Closely related genera are Leptothorax and Cardiocondyla.[2]
Description
Stereomyrmex dispar is 3.2 mm long and black, with yellowish brown mandibles, antennae, legs and terminal segments of gaster. S. anderseni is only 2 mm long, has a very different petiolar and postpetiolar structure and is paler in color.[2]
Distribution
Stereomyrmex dispar has been described from a single worker, taken in 1933 on Bellona Island, Solomon Islands; no other specimen has since been found, and it is unlikely that the species is truly endemic to Bellona. S. anderseni is known from a single worker as well.[2] S. horni was collected under rocks in Sri Lanka.[3]
Names
The genus was originally named in honor of Maurice Willows Jr., who collected the type specimen of S. dispar.[4] S. anderseni was collected by A.N. Andersen. S. horni was collected by W. Horn.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Species
- Stereomyrmex anderseni (Taylor, 1991) — King Edward River, Western Australia
- Stereomyrmex dispar (Wheeler, 1934) — Bellona, Solomon Islands
- Stereomyrmex horni Emery, 1901 — Sri Lanka
References
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- ↑ Australian Ants Online: Genus Stereomyrmex
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- ↑ Emery, Carlo (1901): Ameisen gesammelt in Ceylon von Dr. W. Horn 1899. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1901: 113-122. PDF
- ↑ Wheeler, William M. (1934): Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker Expedition, 1933. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 21(4): 173-181. PDF
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