Myrmecia dichospila
Myrmecia dichospila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species group: | urens |
Species: | M. dichospila |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia dichospila Clark, 1938 |
Identification
Identification Keys including this Taxon
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -31.36666667° to -37.06666667°.
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dichospila. Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) dichospila Clark, 1938: 359, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia: Reevesby Is).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “one nest and numerous workers”), 1 syntype queen, 1 syntype male.
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Reevesby I. (J. Clark).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 108;
- combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 8.
- Status as species: Clark, 1943: 108 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 198 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 8; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 362; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, 1 queen, 1 male, Reevesby Island, South Australia, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-017891, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, 5 workers (1 missing gaster), Reevesby Island, South Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Reevesby Island, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 50: 356-382 (page 359, fig. 2 worker, queen, male described)
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 108, Combination in Promyrmecia)
- 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).
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 8, Combination in Myrmecia)
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.