# Stigmatomma

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{{short description|Genus of ants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Stigmatomma
| authority = [Roger](/source/Julius_Roger), 1859
|type_species = ''Stigmatomma denticulatum''
|type_species_authority = Roger, 1859
|diversity_link = #Species
|diversity = 58 species
|diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|430045|''Stigmatomma'' Roger, 1859 valid neuter|year=2026|access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref>
|synonyms =
''Arotropus'' <small>Provancher, 1881</small><br />
''Bannapone'' <small>Xu, 2000</small><br />
''Lithomyrmex'' <small>Clark, 1928</small>
}}

[[File:StigmatommaTrigonignathum.jpg|thumb|''[Stigmatomma trigonignathum](/source/Stigmatomma_trigonignathum)'']]

'''''Stigmatomma''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [ant](/source/ant)s in the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Amblyoponinae](/source/Amblyoponinae).<ref name="AntCat"/> The genus has a worldwide distribution, and like most other amblyoponines, ''Stigmatomma'' species are specialized predators.<ref name="Garcia_et_al_2013"/> First described by Roger (1859), it was for a long time considered to be a synonym of ''[Amblyopone](/source/Amblyopone)'' until it was revived as an independent genus by Yoshimura & Fisher (2012) based on worker mandible morphology.<ref name="Yoshimura&Fisher_2012"/>

==Species==
As of 2026, ''Stigmatomma'' contains 58 [valid](/source/valid_name_(zoology)) species, including 56 extant and two [extinct](/source/extinct).<ref name="AntCat"/>
===Extant species===
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*''[Stigmatomma amblyops](/source/Stigmatomma_amblyops)'' <small>Karavaiev, 1935</small>
*''[Stigmatomma annae](/source/Stigmatomma_annae)'' <small>(Arnol'di, 1968)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma awa](/source/Stigmatomma_awa)'' <small>(Xu & Chu, 2012)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma bellii](/source/Stigmatomma_bellii)'' <small>(Forel, 1900)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma besucheti](/source/Stigmatomma_besucheti)'' <small>(Baroni Urbani, 1978)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma bolabola](/source/Stigmatomma_bolabola)'' <small>Esteves & Fisher, 2016</small>
*''[Stigmatomma boltoni](/source/Stigmatomma_boltoni)'' <small>(Bharti & Wachkoo, 2011)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma bruni](/source/Stigmatomma_bruni)'' <small>Forel, 1912</small>
*''[Stigmatomma caliginosum](/source/Stigmatomma_caliginosum)'' <small>(Onoyama, 1999)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma crenatum](/source/Stigmatomma_crenatum)'' <small>(Xu, 2001)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma crypticum](/source/Stigmatomma_crypticum)'' <small>(Eguchi et al., 2015)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma denticulatum](/source/Stigmatomma_denticulatum)'' <small>Roger, 1859</small>
*''[Stigmatomma draconis](/source/Stigmatomma_draconis)'' <small>Hamer et al., 2023</small>
*''[Stigmatomma emeryi](/source/Stigmatomma_emeryi)'' <small>Saunders, 1890</small>
*''[Stigmatomma eminia](/source/Stigmatomma_eminia)'' <small>(Zhou, 2001)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma feae](/source/Stigmatomma_feae)'' <small>Emery, 1895</small>
*''[Stigmatomma fulvidum](/source/Stigmatomma_fulvidum)'' <small>(Terayama, 1987)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma gaetulicum](/source/Stigmatomma_gaetulicum)'' <small>(Baroni Urbani, 1978)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma impressifrons](/source/Stigmatomma_impressifrons)'' <small>Emery, 1869</small>
*''[Stigmatomma irayhady](/source/Stigmatomma_irayhady)'' <small>Esteves & Fisher, 2016</small>
*''[Stigmatomma janovitsika](/source/Stigmatomma_janovitsika)'' <small>Esteves & Fisher, 2016</small>
*''[Stigmatomma kangba](/source/Stigmatomma_kangba)'' <small>(Xu & Chu, 2012)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma liebe](/source/Stigmatomma_liebe)'' <small>Esteves & Fisher, 2016</small>
*''[Stigmatomma luyiae](/source/Stigmatomma_luyiae)'' <small>Hsu et al., 2017</small>
*''[Stigmatomma luzonicum](/source/Stigmatomma_luzonicum)'' <small>Wheeler & Chapman, 1925</small>
*''[Stigmatomma magnum](/source/Stigmatomma_magnum)'' <small>Wimolsuthikul et al., 2025</small>
*''[Stigmatomma meilianum](/source/Stigmatomma_meilianum)'' <small>(Xu & Chu, 2012)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma minutum](/source/Stigmatomma_minutum)'' <small>Forel, 1913</small>
*''[Stigmatomma mulanae](/source/Stigmatomma_mulanae)'' <small>(Xu, 2000)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma noonadan](/source/Stigmatomma_noonadan)'' <small>(Taylor, 1965)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma normandi](/source/Stigmatomma_normandi)'' <small>Santschi, 1915</small>
*''[Stigmatomma octodentatum](/source/Stigmatomma_octodentatum)'' <small>(Xu, 2006)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma ophthalmicum](/source/Stigmatomma_ophthalmicum)'' <small>(Baroni Urbani, 1978)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma oregonense](/source/Stigmatomma_oregonense)'' <small>Wheeler, 1915</small>
*''[Stigmatomma pagei](/source/Stigmatomma_pagei)'' <small>Hamer et al., 2023</small>
*''[Stigmatomma pallipes](/source/Stigmatomma_pallipes)'' <small>(Haldeman, 1844)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma pertinax](/source/Stigmatomma_pertinax)'' <small>(Baroni Urbani, 1978)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma pluto](/source/Stigmatomma_pluto)'' <small>(Gotwald & Lévieux, 1972)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma quadratum](/source/Stigmatomma_quadratum)'' <small>Karavaiev, 1935</small>
*''[Stigmatomma reclinatum](/source/Stigmatomma_reclinatum)'' <small>(Mayr, 1879)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma roahady](/source/Stigmatomma_roahady)'' <small>Esteves & Fisher, 2016</small>
*''[Stigmatomma rothneyi](/source/Stigmatomma_rothneyi)'' <small>(Forel, 1900)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma rubiginoum](/source/Stigmatomma_rubiginoum)'' <small>(Wu & Wang, 1992)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma sakaii](/source/Stigmatomma_sakaii)'' <small>(Terayama, 1989)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma sakalava](/source/Stigmatomma_sakalava)'' <small>Esteves & Fisher, 2016</small>
*''[Stigmatomma santschii](/source/Stigmatomma_santschii)'' <small>Menozzi, 1922</small>
*''[Stigmatomma scrobiceps](/source/Stigmatomma_scrobiceps)'' <small>(Guénard et al., 2013)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma silvestrii](/source/Stigmatomma_silvestrii)'' <small>Wheeler, 1928</small>
*''[Stigmatomma testaceum](/source/Stigmatomma_testaceum)'' <small>(Motschoulsky, 1863)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma trigonignathum](/source/Stigmatomma_trigonignathum)'' <small>(Brown, 1949)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma trilobum](/source/Stigmatomma_trilobum)'' <small>(Xu, 2001)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma tsyhady](/source/Stigmatomma_tsyhady)'' <small>Esteves & Fisher, 2016</small>
*''[Stigmatomma xui](/source/Stigmatomma_xui)'' <small>Bharti & Rilta, 2015</small>
*''[Stigmatomma zaojun](/source/Stigmatomma_zaojun)'' <small>(Terayama, 2009)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma zoma](/source/Stigmatomma_zoma)'' <small>(Xu & Chu, 2012)</small>
*''[Stigmatomma zwaluwenburgi](/source/Stigmatomma_zwaluwenburgi)'' <small>Williams, 1946</small>
{{div col end}}

===Extinct species===
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*†''[Stigmatomma electrinum](/source/Stigmatomma_electrinum)'' <small>(Dlussky, 2009)</small>
*†''[Stigmatomma groehni](/source/Stigmatomma_groehni)'' <small>(Dlussky, 2009)</small>
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Garcia_et_al_2013">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.2982/028.101.0201| title = The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography| journal = Journal of East African Natural History| volume = 101| issue = 2| page = 127| year = 2013| last1 = Hita Garcia | first1 = F. | last2 = Wiesel | first2 = E. | last3 = Fischer | first3 = G. | s2cid = 84797311}}</ref>

<ref name="Yoshimura&Fisher_2012">{{Cite journal | last1 = Yoshimura | first1 = M. | last2 = Fisher | first2 = B. L. | editor1-last = Martin | editor1-first = Stephen J | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0033325 | title = A Revision of Male Ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Resurrections of the Genera ''Stigmatomma'' and ''Xymmer'' | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 7 | issue = 3 | article-number = e33325 | year = 2012 | pmid =  22496722| pmc =3320654 | bibcode = 2012PLoSO...733325Y | doi-access = free }}</ref>
}}
{{refbegin}}
*Roger, J. (1859). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerländer." ''I. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift'' '''3''': 225–259.
{{refend}}

==External links==
*{{Commonscat-inline|Stigmatomma|''Stigmatomma''}}

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Category:Amblyoponinae
Category:Ant genera
Category:Taxa named by Julius Roger

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