Stigmatomma besucheti ( Baroni Urbani, 1978 )

Hamer, Matthew T., Lee, Jonathan Hon Chung, Tse, Cheung Yau Leo, Silva, Thiago S. R. & Guénard, Benoit, 2022, Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy, Asian Myrmecology (e 015006) 15, pp. 1-152 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.20362/am.015006
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15473714
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B68783-3140-FFB0-FD73-7823FBFEFA98
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Stigmatomma besucheti ( Baroni Urbani, 1978 )
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Stigmatomma besucheti ( Baroni Urbani, 1978)

Material examined. None available.

Material not physically examined. ANIC 32- 016286-16287( ANIC); CASENT0172194, ANTC6446 ( CASC); CASENT0195513, ANIC 32016287 ( CASC – current repository).

Literature. Esteves & Fisher (2016).

Localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve ( BTNR); University Campus (Bukit Timah).

Habitat/Ecology. Found in Imperata grassland; also in degraded coastal hill forest on granite (i.e., BTNR).

Remarks. This species has not been recorded from anywhere outside the Malagasy region except for Singapore. The type series was collected in Seychelles, specifically from La Digue island in 1975, possibly from soil samples ( Esteves & Fisher 2016). Morphological differences have been noted between specimens from Seychelles and Singapore, but because of inadequate material to ascertain character variation, these specimens were tentatively considered conspecific ( Esteves & Fisher 2016). It is quite possible that S. besucheti may be more widespread outside the Malagasy region, but is rarely collected and/or identified because of its elusive hypogaeic nature.