Philidris cordata stewartii

Philidris cordata stewartii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Philidris
Species:	P. cordata
Subspecies:	P. cordata stewartii
Trinomial name
	Philidris cordata stewartii; (Forel, 1893)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.74544° to -12.74544°.


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.

stewartii. Iridomyrmex cordatus var. stewartii Forel, 1893d: 456 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Philidris: Shattuck, 1992a: 18. Subspecies of myrmecodiae: Forel, 1902h: 541. Currently subspecies of cordata: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 97.

Type Material

Iridomyrmex cordatus stewartii Forel, 1893: Syntype, 1 worker, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, <collector unknown>, ANIC32-014920, Australian National Insect Collection.
Iridomyrmex cordatus stewartii Forel, 1893: Syntype, 2 workers, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

Description

References

Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466 (page 456, worker described)
Forel, A. 1902g. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IX. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 520-546 (page 541, Variety/subspecies of myrmecodiae)
Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 13-18 (page 18, Combination in Philidris)
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 97, Variety/subspecies of cordata)