Stenamma schmittii Wheeler, 1903

Aguilar-Mendez, Mario J., Rosas-Mejia, Madai, Vasquez-Bolanos, Miguel, Gonzalez-Hernandez, Gloria Angelica & Janda, Milan, 2021, New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 60630-60630 : 60630

Stenamma schmittii Wheeler, 1903

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: adult; reproductiveCondition: non-reproductive; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Stenamma ; scientificNameAuthorship: Wheeler , 1903; Location : country: Mexico; stateProvince: Guanajuato; locality: Rancho Coporo ; verbatimElevation: 2292 m; decimalLatitude: 21.34138; decimalLongitude: -101.372; Identification: identifiedBy: Aguilar-Méndez M.J.; Rosas-Mejía M.; Vásquez-Bolaños M.; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand collecting; year: 2017; month: 8; day: 13; habitat: secondary shrubland vegetation associated with an oak forest

Distribution

Stenamma schmittii Wheeler, 1903 were found in a secondary shrubland vegetation associated with an oak forest near El Coporo, Guanajuato. The locality is at 15.3 ºC of amt and 46.25 mm/cm2 of amp. This species has been previously recorded only for U.S. and Canada. Previous records showed a distribution on the north-eastern part of U.S. Our record expands their known distribution by 2,200 km.

Biology

Stenamma schmittii are predatory ants that can be found primarily in woodlands and live in dry to moist habitats. Nests are commonly found in the soil under stones, logs, rotten wood, leaf litter and other debris. Colonies have been found in altitudes from hundreds of metres to 1520 m a.s.l. ( Smith 1957).