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Myrmecia rubicunda
| Myrmecia rubicunda | |
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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. rubicunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia rubicunda (Clark, 1943)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -30.45° to -30.45°.
| 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.
- rubicunda. Promyrmecia rubicunda Clark, 1943: 107, pl. 15, fig. 65 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Ooldea (J.A. Kershaw).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 15.
- Status as species: Clark, 1951: 194 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 15; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 362; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Ooldea, South Australia, Australia, Lea,A.M., ANIC32-017896, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, worker(s), Ooldea, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 107, pl. 15, fig. 65 worker described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 15, Combination in Myrmecia)
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.
- Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.