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Anonychomyrma biconvexa
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Anonychomyrma |
| Species: | A. biconvexa |
| Binomial name | |
| Anonychomyrma biconvexa (Santschi, 1928) | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -37.23333333° to -42.639465°.
| 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. |
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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
This species is a host for the pseudoscorpion Marachernes bellus (a myrmecophile) (Harvey, 1992).
Castes
Worker
   
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- biconvexa. Iridomyrmex biconvexus Santschi, 1928e: 471 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: 12 syntype workers.
- [Notes (i): original description cites 12w syntypes; (ii) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 76, cites 14w syntypes NHMB; (iii) Shattuck, 1994: 4, cites 16 w syntypes (2 MCZC, 14 NHMB).]
- Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Ringwood (C. Barratt).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, NHMB.
- [Misspelled as triconvexus by Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 76.]
- Combination in Anonychomyrma: Shattuck, 1992a: 13.
- Status as species: Brown, 1954i: 67; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 97; Taylor, 1987a: 31; Shattuck, 1994: 4; Bolton, 1995b: 66.
- Senior synonym of foetans: Brown, 1954i: 67; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 97; Taylor, 1987a: 31; Shattuck, 1994: 4; Bolton, 1995b: 66.
- Distribution: Australia.
- foetans. Iridomyrmex foetans Clark, 1929: 122, pl. 1, fig. 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a colony”).
- [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 4, cites 9w syntypes (3 MCZC, 6 MVMA.]
- Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, East Gippsland, Cann River, 26.xi.-8.xii.1928 (J. Clark).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MVMA.
- Status as species: Clark, 1934c: 64.
- Junior synonym of biconvexa: Brown, 1954i: 67; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 97; Taylor, 1987a: 31; Shattuck, 1994: 4; Bolton, 1995b: 66.
Type Material
- Iridomyrmex biconvexus Santschi, 1928: Syntype, 2 workers, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Iridomyrmex biconvexus Santschi, 1928: Syntype, 14 workers, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel.
- Iridomyrmex foetans Clark, 1929: Syntype, 3 workers, Cann River, Victoria, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Iridomyrmex foetans Clark, 1929: Syntype, 6 workers, Cann River, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Ashton, D.H. 1979. Seed harvesting by ants in forests of Eucalyptus regnans F. Muell. in central Victoria. Australian Journal of Ecology 4:265-277.
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102 (page 76, misspelled as triconvexus)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1954i. New synonymy of an Australian Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 61: 67 (page 67, senior synonym of foetans)
- Harvey, M.S. 1992. A new genus of myrmecophilous Chernetidae from southern Australia (Pseudoscorpionida). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 763-775.
- Santschi, F. 1928e. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 465-483 (page 471, worker described)
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 13-18 (page 13, combination in Anonychomyrma)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Andersen A. N. 1983. A brief survey of ants in Glenaladale National Park, with particular reference to seed-harvesting. Victorian Naturalist 100(6): 233-237.
- Lowery B. B., and R. J. Taylor. 1994. Occurrence of ant species in a range of sclerophyll forest communities at Old Chum Dam, north-eastern Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 21: 11-14.
- Majer J. D., R. L. Kitching, B. E. Heterick, K. Hurley, and K. E. C. Brennan. 2001. North-south patterns within arboreal ant assembalages from rain forests in Eastern Australia. Biotropica 33(4): 643-661.
- Mann V. 2013. Using insect biodiversity to measure the effectiveness of on-farm restoration plantings. Master of Environmental Management at the School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania 111 pages.
- Nooten S. S., P. Schultheiss, R. C. Rowe, S. L. Facey, and J. M. Cook. Habitat complexity affects functional traits and diversity of ant assemblages in urban green spaces (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 29: 67-77.
- Sinclair J. E., and T. R. New. 2004. Pine plantations in south eastern Australia support highly impoverished ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 277-286.