Fulakora lucida

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Fulakora lucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Fulakora
Species: F. lucida
Binomial name
Fulakora lucida
(Clark, 1934)

Stigmatomma lucidum side view

Stigmatomma lucidum top view

Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -34.66667175° to -35.55°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Amblyopone lucida casent0172215 head 1.jpgAmblyopone lucida casent0172215 profile 1.jpgAmblyopone lucida casent0172215 dorsal 1.jpgAmblyopone lucida casent0172215 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Fulakora lucidaWorker. Specimen code casent0172215. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.

Male

Images from AntWeb

Amblyopone lucida casent0172216 head 1.jpgAmblyopone lucida casent0172216 profile 1.jpgAmblyopone lucida casent0172216 dorsal 1.jpgAmblyopone lucida casent0172216 label 1.jpg
Male (alate). Specimen code casent0172216. 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.

  • lucida. Amblyopone (Fulakora) lucida Clark, 1934b: 27, pl. 2, fig. 8 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Australian Capital Territory).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: Federal (= Australian) Capital Territory, Corrie Creek, 20.vii.1930 (G.F. Hill).
    • Type-depository: MVMA.
    • Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19;
    • combination in Fulakora: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.
    • Status as species: Brown, 1960a: 168, 210; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 20; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 62.

Type Material

Description

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