Apterostigma

Apterostigma
Temporal range: Burdigalian - Present

[1]

Apterostigma pilosum worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Apterostigma
Mayr, 1865[2]
Type species
Apterostigma pilosum
Mayr, 1865
Diversity[3]
47 species

Apterostigma is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. Two species have been described from fossils preserved in Dominican amber,[1] while the others are extant.

Species

  • Apterostigma acre Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma ancilonodum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma andense Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma angustum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, 1925
  • Apterostigma avium Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma bolivianum Weber, 1938
  • Apterostigma bruchi Santschi, 1919
  • Apterostigma callipygium Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma calverti Wheeler, 1911
  • Apterostigma carinatum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma chocoense Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma collare Emery, 1896
  • Apterostigma convexum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma dentigerum Wheeler, 1925
  • Apterostigma depressum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma dorotheae Weber, 1937
  • †Apterostigma electropilosum Schultz, 2007[1]
  • †Apterostigma eowilsoni Schultz, 2007[1]
  • Apterostigma epinotale Weber, 1937
  • Apterostigma fallax Borgmeier, 1934
  • Apterostigma goniodes Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma ierense Weber, 1937
  • Apterostigma jubatum Wheeler, 1925
  • Apterostigma madidiense Weber, 1938
  • Apterostigma manni Weber, 1938
  • Apterostigma mayri Forel, 1893
  • Apterostigma megacephala Lattke, 1999
  • Apterostigma mexicanum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma moelleri Forel, 1892
  • Apterostigma pariense Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma peruvianum Wheeler, 1925
  • Apterostigma pilosum Mayr, 1865
  • Apterostigma reburrum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma robustum Emery, 1896
  • Apterostigma scutellare Forel, 1885
  • Apterostigma serratum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma spiculum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma steigeri Santschi, 1911
  • Apterostigma tachirense Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma tholiforme Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma tramitis Weber, 1940
  • Apterostigma trapeziforme Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma tropicoxa Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma turgidum Lattke, 1997
  • Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893
  • Apterostigma wasmannii Forel, 1892

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Schultz, T.R. (2007). "The fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma in Dominican amber.". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 425–436.
  2. ↑ "AntWeb - Ants of the World". Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Apterostigma". AntCat. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

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