Myrmecia dimidiata

Myrmecia dimidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Tribe:	Myrmeciini
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species group:	guloosa
Species:	M. dimidiata
Binomial name
Myrmecia dimidiata Clark, 1951

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Myrmecia Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -26.81666667° to -34.23333333°.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• dimidiata. Myrmecia dimidiata Clark, 1951: 71, fig. 49 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype Australia: Queensland, Stanthorpe (E.E. Sutton); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: ANIC.
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 8; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1638 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, Carter,H.J., ANIC32-006191, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 2 workers, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, Sutton,E., ANIC32-011502, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 2 workers, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, Carter,H.J., ANIC32-011503, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 2 workers, Fletcher, Queensland, Australia, Sutton,E., ANIC32-011504, Australian National Insect Collection.

References

• Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae: 230 pp. CSIRO, Melbourne. [(31.xii).1951.]

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• CSIRO Collection