Myrmecia petiolata
Myrmecia petiolata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species group: | nigrocincta |
Species: | M. petiolata |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia petiolata Emery, 1895 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -11.5° to -31.86527°.
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
Phylogeny
Myrmecia |
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Based on Mera-Rodríguez et al. (2023).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- petiolata. Myrmecia petiolata Emery, 1895g: 345 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Bellenden Ker (G. Podenzana).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1951: 112 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 359; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1639 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 272.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Mt. Bellenden Ker, Queensland, Australia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae: 230 pp. CSIRO, Melbourne. [(31.xii).1951.]
- Emery, C. 1895h. Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 345-358 (page 345, worker described)
- Mera-Rodríguez, D., Jourdan, H., Ward, P.S., Shattuck, S., Cover, S.P., Wilson, E.O., Rabeling, C. 2023. Biogeography and evolution of social parasitism in Australian Myrmecia bulldog ants revealed by phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186, 107825 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107825).