Stigmatomma

Stigmatomma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Stigmatomma; Roger, 1859
Type species
	Stigmatomma denticulatum; Roger, 1859
Diversity
	58 species
Synonyms
	Arotropus Provancher, 1881; Bannapone Xu, 2000; Lithomyrmex Clark, 1928

Stigmatomma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The genus has a worldwide distribution, and like most other amblyoponines, Stigmatomma species are specialized predators. First described by Roger (1859), it was for a long time considered to be a synonym of Amblyopone until it was revived as an independent genus by Yoshimura & Fisher (2012) based on worker mandible morphology.

Species

As of 2026, Stigmatomma contains 58 valid species, including 56 extant and two extinct.

Extant species

Stigmatomma amblyops Karavaiev, 1935
Stigmatomma annae (Arnol'di, 1968)
Stigmatomma awa (Xu & Chu, 2012)
Stigmatomma bellii (Forel, 1900)
Stigmatomma besucheti (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
Stigmatomma bolabola Esteves & Fisher, 2016
Stigmatomma boltoni (Bharti & Wachkoo, 2011)
Stigmatomma bruni Forel, 1912
Stigmatomma caliginosum (Onoyama, 1999)
Stigmatomma crenatum (Xu, 2001)
Stigmatomma crypticum (Eguchi et al., 2015)
Stigmatomma denticulatum Roger, 1859
Stigmatomma draconis Hamer et al., 2023
Stigmatomma emeryi Saunders, 1890
Stigmatomma eminia (Zhou, 2001)
Stigmatomma feae Emery, 1895
Stigmatomma fulvidum (Terayama, 1987)
Stigmatomma gaetulicum (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
Stigmatomma impressifrons Emery, 1869
Stigmatomma irayhady Esteves & Fisher, 2016
Stigmatomma janovitsika Esteves & Fisher, 2016
Stigmatomma kangba (Xu & Chu, 2012)
Stigmatomma liebe Esteves & Fisher, 2016
Stigmatomma luyiae Hsu et al., 2017
Stigmatomma luzonicum Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
Stigmatomma magnum Wimolsuthikul et al., 2025
Stigmatomma meilianum (Xu & Chu, 2012)
Stigmatomma minutum Forel, 1913
Stigmatomma mulanae (Xu, 2000)
Stigmatomma noonadan (Taylor, 1965)
Stigmatomma normandi Santschi, 1915
Stigmatomma octodentatum (Xu, 2006)
Stigmatomma ophthalmicum (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
Stigmatomma oregonense Wheeler, 1915
Stigmatomma pagei Hamer et al., 2023
Stigmatomma pallipes (Haldeman, 1844)
Stigmatomma pertinax (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
Stigmatomma pluto (Gotwald & Lévieux, 1972)
Stigmatomma quadratum Karavaiev, 1935
Stigmatomma reclinatum (Mayr, 1879)
Stigmatomma roahady Esteves & Fisher, 2016
Stigmatomma rothneyi (Forel, 1900)
Stigmatomma rubiginoum (Wu & Wang, 1992)
Stigmatomma sakaii (Terayama, 1989)
Stigmatomma sakalava Esteves & Fisher, 2016
Stigmatomma santschii Menozzi, 1922
Stigmatomma scrobiceps (Guénard et al., 2013)
Stigmatomma silvestrii Wheeler, 1928
Stigmatomma testaceum (Motschoulsky, 1863)
Stigmatomma trigonignathum (Brown, 1949)
Stigmatomma trilobum (Xu, 2001)
Stigmatomma tsyhady Esteves & Fisher, 2016
Stigmatomma xui Bharti & Rilta, 2015
Stigmatomma zaojun (Terayama, 2009)
Stigmatomma zoma (Xu & Chu, 2012)
Stigmatomma zwaluwenburgi Williams, 1946

Extinct species

†Stigmatomma electrinum (Dlussky, 2009)
†Stigmatomma groehni (Dlussky, 2009)

References

1 2 3 Bolton, B. (2026). "Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 valid neuter". AntCat. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
↑ Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID 84797311.
↑ Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B. L. (2012). Martin, Stephen J (ed.). "A Revision of Male Ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Resurrections of the Genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer". PLOS ONE. 7 (3) e33325. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733325Y. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325. PMC 3320654. PMID 22496722.

Roger, J. (1859). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerländer." I. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3: 225–259.

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[AntCat-1] 1 2 3 Bolton, B. (2026). "Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 valid neuter". AntCat. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

[Garcia_et_al_2013-2] Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID 84797311.

[Yoshimura&Fisher_2012-3] Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B. L. (2012). Martin, Stephen J (ed.). "A Revision of Male Ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Resurrections of the Genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer". PLOS ONE. 7 (3) e33325. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733325Y. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325. PMC 3320654. PMID 22496722.