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Myrmecia cephalotes
| Myrmecia cephalotes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species group: | cephalotes |
| Species: | M. cephalotes |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia cephalotes (Clark, 1943)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -28.53333092° to -32.38333893°.
| 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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cephalotes. Promyrmecia cephalotes Clark, 1943: 123, pl. 14, figs. 32-34 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Cooper’s Creek (J.G. Reuther) (by restriction of Clark, 1951: 147); non-type locality syntypes South Australia, Killalpaninna (H.J. Hillier).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.).
- Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7.
- Status as species: Clark, 1951: 145 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1632 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 270.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Coopers Ck. [Cooper Ck. near Killalpaninna], South Australia, Australia, Reuther,J.G., ANIC32-005927, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, 1 queen, Lower Cooper [near Killalpaninna], South Australia, Australia, <collector unknown>, ANIC32-010899, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Cooper's Creek and Killalpaninna, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
Karyotype
- 2n = 66 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977).
References
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 123, pl. 14, figs. 32-34 worker, queen, male described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berl.) 59: 341-393 (page 345, karyotype described)
- Ogata, K. 1991a. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 353-381 (page 357, see also)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 7, Combination in Myrmecia)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Imai H. T., R. H. Crozier, and R. W. Taylor. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma 59: 341-393.