Apterostigma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Attini
Genus: Apterostigma
Species (45): A. acre – A. ancilonodum – A. andense – A. angustum – A. auriculatum – A. avium – A. bolivianum – A. bruchi – A. callipygium – A. calverti – A. carinatum – A. collare – A. convexum – A. chocoense – A. dentigerum – A. depressum – A. discrepans – A. dorotheae – A. epinotale – A. goniodes – A. ierense – A. madidiense – A. manni – A. mayri – A. mexicanum – A. moelleri – A. pariense – A. peruvianum – A. pilosum – A. reburrum – A. robustum – A. scutellare – A. serratum – A. spiculum – A. steigeri – A. tachirense – A. tholiforme – A. tramitis – A. trapeziforme – A. tropicoxa – A. turgidum – A. urichii – A. wasmanni – †A. electropilosum – †A. eowilsoni
Name

Apterostigma Mayr, 1865
References

Agosti, D., and N. F. Johnson. Editors. 2005. Antbase. World Wide Web electronic publication. antbase.org, version (05/2005). Antbase
Mayr, G. 1865. Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wuellerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Formicidae. Vienna. 119 .
Schultz, T.R. 2007: The fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma in Dominican amber. In: Advances in Ant Systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 Years of Contributions (R.R. Snelling, B.L. Fisher, and P.S. Ward, Eds.). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80: 425–436. PDF

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

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. They are fungus-growing ants, though, unlike the majority of other species in Attini who grow Lepiotaceae, some species have begun cultivating Tricholomataceae.[4][5]
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

Schultz, T.R. (2007). "The fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma in Dominican amber". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 80: 425–436.
"AntWeb - Ants of the World". Retrieved 17 October 2011.
Bolton, B. (2014). "Apterostigma". AntCat. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Currie, C. R.; Adams, R. M.; Malloch, D. (June 2001). "The origin of the attine ant-fungus mutualism". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 76 (2): 169–197. doi:10.1086/393867. ISSN 0033-5770. PMID 11409051. S2CID 19465007.
Villesen, Palle; Mueller, Ulrich G.; Schultz, Ted R.; Adams, Rachelle M. M.; Bouck, Amy C. (October 2004). "Evolution of ant-cultivar specialization and cultivar switching in Apterostigma fungus-growing ants". Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 58 (10): 2252–2265. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01601.x. ISSN 0014-3820. PMID 15562688. S2CID 202842261.