Arnoldius pusillus aequalis

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Arnoldius pusillus aequalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Arnoldius
Species: A. pusillus
Subspecies: A. pusillus aequalis
Trinomial name
Arnoldius pusillus aequalis
(Forel, 1902)

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • aequalis. Bothriomyrmex pusillus var. aequalis Forel, 1902h: 476 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 36, cites 3w, 11q, 15m syntypes USNM.]
    • Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Bending (= Bendigo?) (W.W. Froggatt).
    • Type-depositories: MHNG, USNM.
    • Combination in Arnoldius: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 166.
    • Subspecies of pusillus: Forel, 1907h: 287; Emery, 1913a: 28; Forel, 1915b: 83; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 32; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 92; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Shattuck, 1994: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 81.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex. Zootaxa 2845: 1-175.