Podomyrma rugosa

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -37.23333333° to -37.43333333°.

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.

• rugosa. Lordomyrma rugosa Clark, 1934b: 38, pl. 3, figs. 3, 4 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Rogeria rugosa Mann, 1921: 455 (now in Lordomyrma) (Bolton, 1995b: 339).] Combination in Dacryon: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1954a: 135; in Podomyrma: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 84. Junior synonym of christae: Brown, 1957a: 49. Revived from synonymy: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 84.

Type Material

• Lordomyrma rugosa Clark, 1934: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1957a [1956]. The identity of Lordomyrma rugosa Clark. Psyche (Camb.) 63: 49. (page 49, Junior synonym of christae)
• Clark, J. 1934b. New Australian ants. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 21-47 (page 38, pl. 3, figs. 3, 4 worker, queen described [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Rogeria rugosa Mann, 1921: 455 (now in Lordomyrma).] )
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 84, Combination in Podomyrma)
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 84, Revived from synonymy)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1954a [1953]. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Pheidologetini. Psyche (Camb.) 60: 129-147 (page 135, Combination in Dacryon)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Andersen A. N., T. D. Penman, N. Debas, and M. Houadria. 2009. Ant community responses to experimental fire and logging in a Eucalypt forest of south-eastern Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 188-197.
• Sinclair J. E., and T. R. New. 2004. Pine plantations in south eastern Australia support highly impoverished ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 277-286.