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Pseudoneoponera piliventris
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Pseudoneoponera |
| Species: | P. piliventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoneoponera piliventris Smith, F., 1858
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -30.73333° to -34.973151°.
| 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
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| Syntype of Pachycondyla piliventris. Worker. Specimen code casent0902500. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.
- piliventris. Pachycondyla piliventris Smith, F. 1858b: 107 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: Adelaide, “N. Holl. Ent. Club, 44-12”.
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971c: 389 (l.).
- Combination in Ponera (Pachycondyla): Roger, 1860: 287;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Mayr, 1863: 439;
- combination in Bothroponera: Mayr, 1876: 87;
- combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308;
- combination in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 135.
- Status as species: Roger, 1860: 287; Mayr, 1863: 439; Mayr, 1876: 87; Mayr, 1886c: 359; Emery, 1887b: 442 (in key, footnote); Dalla Torre, 1893: 36; Emery, 1911d: 77; Stitz, 1911a: 355; Forel, 1915b: 21; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 22; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
- Distribution: Australia.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus intermedia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 2 workers, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Two worker syntypes in The Natural History Museum. Labelled “N. Holl. Ent. Club 44-12.” Acc. Reg.: “1844 no. 12. Presented by the Entomological Club.” Smith gives “Australia (Adelaide)” as the type-locality.
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)
- 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).
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 87, Combination in Bothroponera)
- 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).
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 107, worker described)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 22, Combination in Bothroponera)
- Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1971c. The larvae of the ant genus Bothroponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 73: 386-394 (page 389, larva described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine)." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 5, no. 25 (1887): 427-473.