Myrmecia formosa
Myrmecia formosa | |
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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. formosa |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia formosa Wheeler, W.M., 1933 | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -30.6318° to -30.63333°.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- formosa. Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans subsp. formosa Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 52, fig. 19 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: 13 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Uralla, 26.xi.1931 (W.M. Wheeler).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 94;
- combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 19.
- Subspecies of aberrans: Clark, 1943: 94 (redescription).
- Subspecies of maura: Brown, 1953j: 19; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 356.
- Status as species: Clark, 1951: 131 (redescription); Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1632 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
- Senior synonym of haematosticta: Brown, 1953j: 19; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1628; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
- Distribution: Australia.
- haematosticta. Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans subsp. haematosticta Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 51 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Uralla, 27.xi.1931 (W.M. Wheeler).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Subspecies of aberrans: Clark, 1943: 94 (redescription).
- Status as species: Clark, 1951: 130 (redescription).
- Junior synonym of formosa: Brown, 1953j: 19; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1628; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
Type Material
- Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans formosa: Syntype, 4 workers, Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, Wheeler,W.M., ANIC32-005891, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans formosa: Syntype, 4 workers, Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
- Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans formosa: Syntype, 2 workers, Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans haematosticta: Syntype, 1 worker, Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, Wheeler,W.M., ANIC32-010856, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans haematosticta: Syntype, 1 worker, Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953j. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111: 1-35.
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 94, Combination in Promyrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae: 230 pp. CSIRO, Melbourne. [(31.xii).1951.]
- Ogata, K.; Taylor, R. W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Journal of Natural History 25: 1623-1673 (page 1632, Raised to species (in key))
- Wheeler, W. M. 1933i. Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, viii + 179 pp. (page 52, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.