Apterostigma

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]

Apterostigma
Temporal range: Burdigalian - Present [1]
Apterostigma pilosum worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Apterostigma
Mayr, 1865[2]
Type species
Apterostigma pilosum
Mayr, 1865
Diversity[3]
47 species

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
  1. Schultz, T.R. (2007). "The fungus-growing ant genus Apterostigma in Dominican amber". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 80: 425–436.
  2. "AntWeb - Ants of the World". Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  3. Bolton, B. (2014). "Apterostigma". AntCat. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.


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