Podomyrma ferruginea

Podomyrma ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Podomyrma
Species group:	novemdentata
Species:	P. ferruginea
Binomial name
Podomyrma ferruginea (Clark, 1934) Type Specimen Label

Podomyrma ferruginea has been collected from powder-bark Wandoo trunks (Heterick 2009).

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Podomyrma of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Heterick (2009) - WA. Known from Perth region and Dryandra.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -35.28333° to -35.28333°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• ferruginea. Dacryon ferruginea Clark, 1934b: 37, pl. 3, fig. 2 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Podomyrma: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 82.

Type Material

• Dacryon ferruginea Clark, 1934: Syntype, 1 worker, Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Dacryon ferruginea Clark, 1934: Syntype, worker(s), Bombala, New South Wales and Canberra, ACT, Australia.

References

• Clark, J. 1934b. New Australian ants. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 21-47 (page 37, pl. 3, fig. 2 worker described)
• 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 82, Combination in Podomyrma)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Clark J. 1934. New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum, Victoria 8: 21-47.