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Myrmecia chrysogaster
| Myrmecia chrysogaster | |
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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. chrysogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia chrysogaster (Clark, 1943)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.4° to -31.916°.
| 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.
- chrysogaster. Promyrmecia chrysogaster Clark, 1943: 114, pl. 13, fig. 23 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Brisbane (C. Barrett).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7.
- Status as species: Clark, 1951: 209 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1640 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 270.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Hacker,H., ANIC32-015334, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, worker(s), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 114, pl. 13, fig. 23 worker described)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 7, Combination in Myrmecia)