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Apterostigma
| Description | Apterostigma is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae. Two species have been described from fossils preserved in Dominican amber, 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. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apterostigma, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Apterostigma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Apterostigma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Apterostigma Mayr, 1865 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mayr, Gustav L. 1865. Formicidae. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde. pt.9:Bd.2:Abt.1A: 1-119; ; pls.1-4. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 13.8 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. R. Schultz. 2007. The fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma in Dominican amber. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:425-436 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apterostigma |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Apterostigma abdita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma affinis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma amiae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma auriculatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma billi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma bolivianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma branneri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma bruchi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma calverti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma collare species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma dentigerum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma dorotheae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma electropilosum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Apterostigma eowilsoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Apterostigma epinotale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma fallax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma fitzgeraldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma fusinodum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma gibbum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma goniodes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma ierense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma jubatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma luederwaldti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma madidiense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma manni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma mayri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma megacephala species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma moelleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma peruvianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma pilosum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma robustum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma scutellare species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma steigeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma tramitis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma urichii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apterostigma wasmannii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1865 | Apterostigma Mayr |
| 2003 | Apterostigma Bolton p. 57 |
| 2007 | Apterostigma Schultz |
| 2012 | Apterostigma Bolton |
| 2015 | Apterostigma Ward et al. p. 77 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
