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Myrmecia loweryi
| Myrmecia loweryi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species group: | urens |
| Species: | M. loweryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia loweryi Ogata & Taylor, 1991
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -35.46667099° to -36.1°.
| 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.
- loweryi. Myrmecia loweryi Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1669, figs. 46, 47 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 19 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens, 1 paratype male.
- Type-locality: holotype Australia: Australian Capital Territory, 4 km. W Smoker’s Gap, nr Corrin Dam (35/148), ca 3500 ft, 5.ii.1959 (B.B. Lowery); paratypes: 7 workers, 2 queens, 1 male with same data, 5 workers A.C.T., Honeysuckle Creek (35/148), 23.v.1988 (B.B. Lowery), 6 workers A.C.T., Mt Aggie (35/148), ca 5000 ft, 1.i.1976 (B.B. Lowery), 1 worker New South Wales, Mt Kosciusko, Sawpit Creek (36/148), 10.xi.1960 (E.F. Riek).
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); AMSC, ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 272.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, 4km W Smoker's Gap, near Corin Dam., ACT, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-017894, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 5 workers, Honeysuckle Creek, ACT, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-006708, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Sawpit Creek, Kosciusko National Park, New South Wales, Australia, Riek,E.F., ANIC32-007728, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 5 workers, Mount Aggie, ACT, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-007742, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 5 workers, 2 queens, 1 male, 4km W Smokers Gap, near Corin Dam, ACT, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-017895, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, 4km W Smokers Gap, near Corin Dam, ACT, Australia, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Mount Aggie, ACT, Australia, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
Description
References
- 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 1669, figs. 46, 47 worker, queen, male described)