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Heteroponera majeri
| Heteroponera majeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Heteroponerini |
| Genus: | Heteroponera |
| Species: | H. majeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteroponera majeri Taylor, 2011 | |
This species is so far known only from type material. It is the only species of the genus to occur in Western Australia.
Identification
Heteroponera majeri is one of the most highly distinctive of all Heteroponera species. The major features distinguishing it from Heteroponera leae and Heteroponera crozieri include the very differently structured head, mesosoma and metasoma.
The species-group association of this somewhat aberrant taxon with Heteroponera leae and Heteroponera crozieri is based on the reasonable assumption that the propodeal and petiolar spines, vestigial antennal scrobes and strongly reflexed gaster in these species are synapomorphies.
Identification Keys including this Taxon
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -32.71666667° to -33.33333333°.
| 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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- majeri. Heteroponera majeri Taylor, 2011: 122, figs. 13-16 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 2 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Australia: Western Australia, Dwellingup (132/116), ca 85 km. S Perth, (132°43’S, 116°04’E), 7.vii.1975, acc. 049, 17238 (J.D. Majer); paratypes: 1 worker Worsley (33/116), Alcoa survey site, pitfall trap AL31 A1018, 15.x.1976, JDM acc. 92 (J. Wallace), 1 worker with same data but pitfall trap AL31 A731, 25.vi.1976, JDM acc. 92.
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); WAMP (paratypes).
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Dwellingup, ca. 85 km S of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 32°43′0″S 116°4′0″E / 32.716667°S 116.066667°E, Australian National Insect Collection; gold coated for SEM study.
- Paratype, workers, Dwellingup, ca. 85 km S of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 32°43′0″S 116°4′0″E / 32.716667°S 116.066667°E, Jonathan D. Majer Collection.
Description
Measurements and indices: (mm – holotype; smallest paratype, largest paratype): TL (ca.): 6.0; 5.4, 6.4. HW: 1.37; 1.26, 1.49. HL: 1.47; 1.28, 1.48. CI: 93; 98, 100. EL: 0.29; 0.26, 0.30. SL: 1.04; 0.94, 1.07. SI: 76; 75, 72. PW: 0.90; 0.81, 0.98. WL: 1.79; 1.56, 1.94. PetH: 0.78; 0.71, not measurable. PetW: 0.44; 0.39, 0.48; GW: 1.24; 1.05, 1.29.
Etymology
Named for Prof. J.D. Majer of Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia.
References
- Taylor, R.W. 2011. Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (1) General introduction and review of the Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, 1923) species group, with descriptions of two new species. Myrmecological News. 15:117-123.
- 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).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Taylor R. W. 2011. Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (1) General introduction and review of the Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, 1923) species group, with descriptions of two new species. Myrmecological News 15: 117-123.