Stenamma chiricahua
Snelling, 1973
Stenamma chiricahua is a of in the Formicidae, first described by Snelling in 1973. The species epithet refers to the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, indicating its type 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 American 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.