Myrmecia michaelseni

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Myrmecia michaelseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species group: pilosula
Species: M. michaelseni
Binomial name
Myrmecia michaelseni
Forel, 1907

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms


Photo Gallery

  • A Myrmecia michaelseni worker found on a breakaway populated with Eucalyptus accedens, in Lupton Conservation Reserve, Brookton, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 16 April 2011.
  • A Myrmecia michaelseni worker found on a breakaway populated with Eucalyptus accedens, in Lupton Conservation Reserve, Brookton, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 16 April 2011.

Identification

Heterick (2009) - Myrmecia michaelseni and Myrmecia rugosa are two black Myrmecia with yellow pubescence on the gaster. Myrmecia rugosa can be distinguished by its sculptured postpetiole and canary yellow (as opposed to more orange-yellow) gastral pubescence. These two taxa are not uncommon in the Jarrah-Marri forests of the wetter south-western parts of the State.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -31.883° to -35°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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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

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • michaelseni. Myrmecia michaelseni Forel, 1907h: 267 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, NE Albany, Stat. 164, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer).
    • Type-depositories: ANIC, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.
    • Clark, 1943: 112 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 250 (l.).
    • Combination in M. (Promyrmecia): Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 59;
    • combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 111;
    • combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 21; Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 59; Clark, 1943: 111 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 204 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1640 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 272; Heterick, 2009: 122.
    • Senior synonym of perthensis: Clark, 1943: 111; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
    • Distribution: Australia.
  • perthensis. Myrmecia michaelseni var. perthensis Crawley, 1922b: 431 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Perth, no. 65 (J. Clark).
    • Type-depository: OXUM.
    • Junior synonym of michaelseni: Clark, 1943: 111; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

Type Material

Description

Karyotype

  • 2n = 27 (Australia) (Hirai et al., 1996).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.