Myrmecia nobilis
Myrmecia nobilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species group: | pilosula |
Species: | M. nobilis |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia nobilis (Clark, 1943) |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -34.5° to -38.01666667°.
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
Queen is ergatoid, i.e. no wings at adult emergence.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nobilis. Promyrmecia nobilis Clark, 1943: 97, pl. 12, figs. 2-4 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Australia: Victoria, Altona (J.E. Dixon), Altona (T. Greaves), Altona (J. Clark), Victoria, Bacchus Marsh (C. Oke), Victoria, Coburg (C. Oke), Victoria, Broadmeadows (F.P. Spry), Victoria, Geelong (A.D. Butcher), Victoria, Patho (H. Potter).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 19.
- Status as species: Clark, 1951: 124 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 19; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 13; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 356; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1632 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 272.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Altona, Victoria, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Altona, Bacchus Marsh, Coburg, Broadmeadows, Geelong and Patho, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953j. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111: 1-35.
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 97, pl. 12, figs. 2-4 worker, queen, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection