Myrmecia queenslandica

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Myrmecia queenslandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species group: pilosula
Species: M. queenslandica
Binomial name
Myrmecia queenslandica
Forel, 1915

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Specimen Labels

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -25.89999962° to -35.86666107°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
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

Worker

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Queen

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Nomenclature

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

  • queenslandica. Myrmecia michaelseni r. queenslandica Forel, 1915b: 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Lamington Plateau (E. Mjöberg).
    • Type-depository: SMNS.
    • [Note: type-depository according to Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12.]
    • Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 112;
    • combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12.
    • Subspecies of michaelseni: Clark, 1943: 112 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 206 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 361.
    • Status as species: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1640 (in key), 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
    • Senior synonym of overbecki: Clark, 1943: 112; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
    • Distribution: Australia.
  • overbecki. Myrmecia michaelseni subsp. overbecki Viehmeyer, 1924a: 222 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Trial Bay (H. Overbeck).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • Junior synonym of queenslandica: Clark, 1943: 112; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 112, Combination in Promyrmecia)
  • Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 112, Senior synonym of overbecki)
  • Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 4, worker described)
  • 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 1663, Raised to species)
  • Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 12, Combination in Myrmecia)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • CSIRO Collection
  • Ogata K. and 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
  • 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.