Mayriella ebbei

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Mayriella ebbei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Mayriella
Species: M. ebbei
Binomial name
Mayriella ebbei
Shattuck & Barnett, 2007

Mayriella ebbei casent0106116 profile 1.jpg

Mayriella ebbei casent0106116 dorsal 1.jpg

Specimen labels

This is the southernmost species of Mayriella and occurs in generally drier sites compared to other species. Although widely distributed it shows minimal geographic variation in the characters examined during this study. Nests occur in soil in the open or under stones or other objects on the ground, and in rotten wood.

Identification

This species can be separated from others in this genus by the presence of numerous erect hairs on the gaster. It shares the shape of the outer margins of the postpetiole with Mayriella spinosior, but differs from this species in the shape of the petiolar node and in having more than four erect hairs on the postpetiole. (Shattuck and Barnett 2007)

Identification Keys including this Taxon

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -32.35° to -40.99833298°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

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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Habitat

Found primarily in drier habitats such as sclerophyll woodlands, low scrub, ti-tree scrub and coastal heath and less commonly in wet sclerophyll and rainforests.

Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Mayriella ebbei casent0172441 head 1.jpgMayriella ebbei casent0172441 profile 1.jpgMayriella ebbei casent0172441 dorsal 1.jpgMayriella ebbei casent0172441 label 1.jpg
Holotype of Mayriella ebbeiWorker. Specimen code casent0172441. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • ebbei. Mayriella ebbei Shattuck & Barnett, 2007: 444, figs. 6-9 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 60 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
    • Type-locality: holotype Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Booroomba Rocks, 35°33’S, 148°59’E, 16.iii.1992 (S.O. Shattuck); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, MCZC (paratypes).
    • Status as species: Shattuck, 2007: 51 (in key).
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Sculpturing in posterior section of antennal scrobe well developed and distinct; sculpturing on dorsal surface of mesosoma consisting of large, closely spaced pits; propodeal spines relatively long and thin; dorsal surface of petiole in lateral profile uniformly convex, without distinct dorsal and posterior faces and forming an obtuse angle with the anterior face; in dorsal view, anterior region of postpetiole expanded relative to posterior region; dorsum of postpetiole with more than four erect hairs; dorsum of gaster with numerous erect hairs.

Measurements. Worker (n = 10): CI 0.90-0.98; HL 0.47-0.58; HTL 0.26-0.34; HW 0.43- 0.54; ML 0.49-0.64; PW 0.30-0.40; SI 0.62-0.66; SL 0.27-0.35.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • CSIRO Collection
  • Shattuck S. O., N. J. Barnett. 2007. Revision of the ant genus Mayriella. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 437-458.