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Podomyrma clarki
| Podomyrma clarki | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Podomyrma |
| Species group: | clarki |
| Species: | P. clarki |
| Binomial name | |
| Podomyrma clarki (Crawley, 1925)
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Identification
Heterick (2009) - Largely glabrous and with an unarmed propodeum.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Known to occur within the vicinity of Perth, Podomyrma clarki has also collected from coastal woodland in the Fremantle district, Bold Park and Eneabba.
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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0906192. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- clarki. Pseudopodomyrma clarki Crawley, 1925a: 40 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1926: 49 (q.). Combination in Podomyrma: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 81.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Swan River, Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, 3 workers, Swan River, Western Australia, Australia, MCZC-22772, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, worker(s), Swan River, Western Australia, Australia, Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
- Syntype, 1 worker (missing head, type nest series), Swan River, Western Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.
Three workers in the Museum of Comparative Zoology from Perth, Western Australia, are labeled as cotypes but Perth is not listed in the original description and these are apparently not true types.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1926. Australian Formicidae. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 12: 43-51 (page 49, queen described)
- Crawley, W. C. 1925a. Formicidae. A new genus. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 37: 40-41.
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
- 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).
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 81, Combination in Podomyrma)