Amblyopone ferruginea
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Amblyopone |
| Species: | A. ferruginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyopone ferruginea Smith, F., 1858
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Amblyopone ferruginea with mite. Blackburn Lake, Victoria, Australia. Photo by Nick Porch.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -37.63333893° to -37.95°.
| 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
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Queen
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ferruginea. Amblyopone ferruginea Smith, F. 1858b: 110 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: Melbourne, 56/120 (Merry Merry Creek) (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- André, 1896b: 261 (q.).
- Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19;
- combination in Amblyopone: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.
- Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 49; Roger, 1863b: 20; Mayr, 1863: 394; Mayr, 1886c: 359; Dalla Torre, 1893: 13; André, 1896b: 261; Emery, 1911d: 26; Poulton & Crawley, 1922: 120; Clark, 1925b: 138; Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 20 (redescription); Brown, 1952i: 265; Brown, 1960a: 168, 206; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
- Senior synonym of mandibularis: Brown, 1952i: 265; Brown, 1960a: 168; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
- Distribution: Australia.
- mandibularis. Amblyopone mandibularis Clark, 1928a: 33, pl. 1, figs. 12-15 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a small colony”).
- Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Belgrave (F.E. Wilson).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Junior synonym of ferruginea: Brown, 1952i: 265; Brown, 1960a: 168; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
Type Material
- Amblyopone ferruginea: Syntype, 2 workers, Merry Merry Creek, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 56/120, Acc. Reg.: "1856 no. 120 (Sept 26)", The Natural History Museum.
- Amblyopone mandibularis: Syntype, 1 worker, Belgrave, Victoria, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Amblyopone mandibularis: Syntype, 2 workers, Belgrave, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Amblyopone ferruginea
Two worker syntypes in The Natural History Museum. Labelled “Melbourne,” and “56/120.” Acc. Reg.: “1856 no. 120 (Sept 26). Melbourne. Merry Merry Creek. Bought of Stevens.”
Oxford University Museum of Natural History has a worker from Adelaide, not type-material.
Description
References
- André, E. 1896b. Liste des Hyménoptères appartenant aux familles des Formicides et des Mutillides recueillis au Siam et au Cambodge et offerts au Muséum par M. Pavie. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 261-262 (page 261, queen described)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. (1952). The status of some Australian Amblyopone species (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomological News, 63: 265–267.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230 (page 206, see also)
- Clark, J. (1928). 4.- Australian Formicidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 14: 29–41.
- Smith, F. (1858). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum. pp. 1–216.
- Ward, P.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 683–693 (doi:10.1111/syen.12186).
- Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS ONE 7(3):e33325 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325).
