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Amblyopone aberrans
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| Amblyopone aberrans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Amblyopone |
| Species: | A. aberrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyopone aberrans Wheeler, W.M., 1927
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Described from Mundaring, just east of Perth, but this is another Amblyopone that seems to have become increasingly rare with urbanisation, and there are no specimens in the Curtin University Ant Collection.
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -31.9° to -31.9°.
| 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
Check data from AntWeb
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
Worker
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102193. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0172185. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0172183. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia. |
Male
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| Male (alate). Specimen code casent0172184. 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.
- aberrans. Amblyopone aberrans Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 26, fig. 8 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: 3 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen, 2 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Mundaring (J. Clark).
- Type-depository: MCZC (perhaps also SAMA).
- Status as species: Brown, 1960a: 167, 207; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61; Heterick, 2009: 132.
- Distribution: Australia.
Syntype workers from Mundaring, Western Australia (2 workers and 2 males in Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1 worker in Museum Victoria, Melbourne).
Type Material
- Syntype, 2 workers, 2 males, Mundaring, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, 1 worker, Mundaring, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
- 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).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1927c. Ants of the genus Amblyopone Erichson. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 1-29 (page 26, fig. 8 worker, queen, male described)