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Technomyrmex antonii
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Technomyrmex |
| Species: | T. antonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Technomyrmex antonii Forel, 1902
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A common species in the sclerophyll woodlands of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales.
Identification
Bolton (2007) - A member of the T. cedarensis complex in the Technomyrmex albipes group. Answering the description of Technomyrmex cedarensis in measurements, indices and morphology, except as follows. Mesosoma pale, yellowish brown to medium brown; gaster distinctly darker than mesosoma, the two strongly contrasting. All leg segments about the same light colour as the mesosoma or uniformly lighter than the mesosoma.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -19.05° to -28.05°.
| 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
Images from AntWeb
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| Syntype of Technomyrmex antonii. Worker. Specimen code casent0903051. Photographer Z. Lieberman, 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.
- antonii. Technomyrmex bicolor var. antonii Forel, 1902h: 475 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Bolton, 2007a: 111.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Bolton (2007) - T. antonii may be nothing more than a colour variant of cedarensis (see there), with which it is sympatric and which it matches in all other repects. In cedarensis the entire body is a more or less uniform dark brown, without a strong contrast between mesosoma and gaster, and the middle and hind coxae, femora and tibiae are usually dark.
Description
Type Material
- Syntype, 3 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, American Museum of Natural History.
- Syntype, 3 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Turner,G., ANIC32-015023, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, 1 worker, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, 35 workers, 7 males, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Syntype, 2 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel.
References
- Bolton, B. 2007. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 35(1):1-149.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Forel A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548.
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.