Podomyrma basalis

Podomyrma basalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Podomyrma
Species group:	basalis
Species:	P. basalis
Binomial name
	Podomyrma basalis; Smith, F., 1859 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Podomyrma basalis brunnea Donisthorpe, 1943; Podomyrma basalis nigrescens Stitz, 1912; Podomyrma basalis reyi Karavaiev, 1935; Podomyrma basalis salomo Mann, 1919; Podomyrma basalis woodfordi Mann, 1919;
Synonyms
	Podomyrma striata nigra Stitz, 1938;

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -2.016669989° to -21.14121°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia.
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), New Guinea.

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.

Elevation Range

Occurrence at collecting sites during elevational surveys of rainforest in the Eungella region, Queensland, Australia (Burwell et al., 2020).
Species	Elevation (m asl)
Species	200	400	600	800	1000	1200
Podomyrma basalis	30-40	0-10
Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded. Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species.

Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb


Syntype of Podomyrma basalis. Worker. Specimen code casent0901389. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

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

basalis. Podomyrma basalis Smith, F. 1859a: 147 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Smith, F. 1863: 19 (q.). Senior synonym of nigra: Taylor, 1999: 173. Current subspecies: nominal plus brunnea, nigrescens, reyi, salomo, woodfordi.
nigra. Podomyrma striata var. nigra Stitz, 1938: 102 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of basalis: Taylor, 1999: 173.

Type Material

Podomyrma basalis: Syntype, worker(s), Aru, Indonesia, The Natural History Museum.
Podomyrma striata nigra Stitz, 1938: Syntype, worker(s), Papua New Guinea.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Podomyrma basalis

Two worker syntypes in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Aru,” and each with the figure “4” in the lower left corner of the stage card.

The four species described by Smith (1859a) were the first species in Podomyrma after he had defined the genus. The numbers written on the stage cards of his specimens correspond to the order of description of the four species: 1 femorata, 2 striata, 3 laevifrons, 4 basalis.

Description

References

Burwell, C.J., Nakamura, A. 2020. Rainforest ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient at Eungella in the Clarke Range, Central Queensland coast, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 125: 43-63.
Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
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).
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Smith, F. 1859a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 3: 132-158 (page 147, worker described)
Smith, F. 1863a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouru and Timor. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 7: 6-48 (page 19, queen described)
Taylor, R. W. 1999. Nomenclatural changes in the Australasian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 34: 173-174 (page 173, Senior synonym of nigra)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

CSIRO Collection
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