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Pseudoneoponera regularis
| Pseudoneoponera regularis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Pseudoneoponera |
| Species: | P. regularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoneoponera regularis (Forel, 1907) | |
A large, impressive ant that forages for prey on the ground surface. (Heterick 2009)
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Heterick (2009) – A broad distribution within more inland parts of the SWBP, WA.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 22.5045° to -31.4°.
| 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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- regularis. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) piliventris subsp. regularis Forel, 1907h: 271 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Tamala, Stat. 70, 1905 (Michaelsen & Hartmeyer).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 22;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308;
- combination in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 135.
- Subspecies of piliventris: Emery, 1911d: 77; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 22; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
- Status as species: Heterick, 2009: 134.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) piliventris regularis Forel, 1907: Syntype, 1 worker, Tamala, Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 308, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 271, 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.
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 22, Combination in Bothroponera)