Iridomyrmex setoconus
Iridomyrmex setoconus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
Species: | I. setoconus |
Binomial name | |
Iridomyrmex setoconus Shattuck & McMillan, 1998 |
Iridomyrmex setoconus is restricted to two small populations at Yokinup Bay and Thomas River, respectively. Both localities are east of Esperance. It has only been collected on calcareous or otherwise sandy soils, and may require such a substrate for its nests. Nothing more is known of its ecology (see Shattuck & McMillan, 1998).
Identification
This species is easily recognised by virtue of the short, straight or only weakly curved erect setae on the sides of the head capsule (longer and strongly curved in those workers of Iridomyrmex turbineus that possess such pilosity).
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -25.958045° to -34°.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- setoconus. Iridomyrmex setoconus Shattuck & McMillan, 1998: 307, figs. 7-11 (w.) AUSTRALIA. See also: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 137.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Yokinup Bay, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Burbidge,A.H., ANIC32-023696, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 45 workers, Yokinup Bay, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Burbidge,A.H., ANIC32-000238, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 3 workers, Yokinup Bay, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
- Paratype, 3 workers, Yokinup Bay, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Paratype, 3 workers, Yokinup Bay, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
Description
Worker Description. Head. Posterior margin of head planar to weakly concave; erect setae on posterior margin in full-face view set in a row; sides of head noticeably convex; erect genal setae present on sides of head in full- face view. Ocelli absent; in full-face view, eyes set above midpoint of head capsule; in profile, eye set anteriad of head capsule; eye semi-circular. Frontal carinae convex; antennal scape surpassing posterior margin of head by 0.2- 0.5 x its length. Erect setae on scape absent, except at tip; prominence on anteromedial clypeal margin present as an indistinct swelling or undulation; mandible elongate triangular with oblique basal margin; long, curved setae on venter of head capsule present. Mesosoma. Pronotum moderately and evenly curved over its length. Erect pronotal setae numerous (12 or more), short and bristly. Mesonotum sinuous. Erect mesonotal setae numerous (12 or more), short and bristly. Mesothoracic spiracles always inconspicuous; propodeal dorsum protuberant; placement of propodeal spiracle mesad, more than its diameter away from propodeal declivity; propodeal angle present as a bluntly defined acute angle, the propodeal dorsum conical in shape. Erect propodeal setae numerous (12 or more), short and bristly. Petiole. Dorsum of node convex; node thick, orientation more-or-less vertical. Gaster. Non-marginal erect setae of gaster present on first gastral tergite; marginal erect setae of gaster present on first tergite. General characters. Allometric differences between workers of same nest absent. Colour reddish-brown, legs and gaster dark brown. Colour of erect setae medium brown.
Measurements. Worker (n = 5)—CI 94–100; EI 22–23; EL 0.24–0.27; EW 0.15–0.17; HL 1.10–1.17; HW 1.04–1.17; ML 0.52–0.61; PpH 0.27–0.32; PpL 0.60–0.70; SI 99–108; SL 1.12–1.16.
References
- Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845: 1-175.
- 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).
- Shattuck, S. O.; McMillan, P. 1998. Revision of the species of the Iridomyrmex conifer group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with notes on their biology. Aust. J. Zool. 46: 301-315 (page 307, figs. 7-11 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Heterick B. E., and S. Shattuck. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845: 1-174.