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Discothyrea turtoni
| Discothyrea turtoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Discothyrea |
| Species: | D. turtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Discothyrea turtoni Clark, 1934
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -34.133° to -42.91666794°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0172091. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia. |
   
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| Paratype of Discothyrea turtoni. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0172092. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- turtoni. Discothyrea turtoni Clark, 1934c: 53, pl. 4, figs. 5, 6 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “two very small nests”).
- Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Otway Ranges, Beech Forest, nr Mt Sabine, i.1932 (J. Clark).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Status as species: Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 108; Brown, 1958g: 253, 339; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 29; Taylor, 1987a: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 172; Heterick, 2009: 143.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 3 workers, Beech Forest, Victoria, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-006758, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, 1 worker, 1 queen, Beech Forest, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 339, see also)
- Clark, J. 1934c. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 48-73 (page 53, pl. 4, figs. 5, 6 worker, queen described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
- Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.