Genus Stigmacros Forel, 1905

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• Stigmacros Forel, A. 1905. Miscellanea myrmécolgiques 2 (1905). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 49: 155-185 [179] [nom. nov. for Acrostigma Forel, 1902].
• Acrostigma Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [477] [non Acrostigma Emery, 1890; described with subgeneric rank in Acantholepis Mayr, 1861].

  Type species:

   Acantholepis (Acrostigma) froggatti Forel, 1902 by subsequent designation, see Wheeler, W.M. 1911. A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21: 157-175 [17 Oct. 1911].
• Hagiostigmacros McAreavey, J.J. 1957. Revision of the genus Stigmacros Forel. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 21: 7-64 [6 Aug. 1957] [19] [described with subgeneric rank in Stigmacros Forel, 1905].

  Type species:

   Stigmacros barretti Santschi, 1928 by original designation.
• Chariostigmacros McAreavey, J.J. 1957. Revision of the genus Stigmacros Forel. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 21: 7-64 [6 Aug. 1957] [23] [described with subgeneric rank in Stigmacros Forel, 1905].

  Type species:

   Stigmacros (Chariostigmacros) hirsuta McAreavey, 1957 by original designation.
• Pseudostigmacros McAreavey, J.J. 1957. Revision of the genus Stigmacros Forel. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 21: 7-64 [6 Aug. 1957] [24] [described with subgeneric rank in Stigmacros Forel, 1905].

  Type species:

   Stigmacros (Pseudostigmacros) inermis McAreavey, 1957 by original designation.
• Campostigmacros McAreavey, J.J. 1957. Revision of the genus Stigmacros Forel. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 21: 7-64 [6 Aug. 1957] [25] [described with subgeneric rank in Stigmacros Forel, 1905].

  Type species:

   Acantholepis (Stigmacros) aemula Forel, 1907 by original designation.
• Cyrtostigmacros McAreavey, J.J. 1957. Revision of the genus Stigmacros Forel. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 21: 7-64 [6 Aug. 1957] [35] [described with subgeneric rank in Stigmacros Forel, 1905].

  Type species:

   Acantholepis (Acrostigma) australis Forel, 1902 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1973. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. pp. 161–185 in Meggers, B.J., Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. (eds) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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