Stenamma chiricahua
Snelling, 1973
Stenamma chiricahua is a of in the , first described by Snelling in 1973. The species epithet refers to the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, indicating its locality and geographic association with this Madrean Sky Island range. As a member of the Stenamma, it belongs to a cryptic ant group known for occurring in cool, wet forest at mid to high elevations. The Middle clade of Stenamma, which includes this species, underwent a major taxonomic revision in 2013 that recognized 40 species, 33 of which were newly described, revealing a previously overlooked radiation of Neotropical ants.
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How to pronounce Stenamma chiricahua: //stɛˈnæmə ˌʃɪrɪˈkɑːwə//
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Distribution
Known from the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona, USA. The epithet directly references this mountain range, which forms part of the Madrean Archipelago (Sky Islands) — a complex of forested mountain ranges spanning the cordilleran gap between the Colorado Plateau and Rocky Mountains in the southwestern United States and the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico.