Myrmecia formosa

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Myrmecia formosa
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

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -30.6318° to -30.63333°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • 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

Description

References

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.