Amblyopone leae

Amblyopone leae
Amblyopone leae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Amblyopone
Species:	A. leae
Binomial name
Amblyopone leae Wheeler, W.M., 1927 Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -29.4818° to -31.55°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality), Lord Howe Island.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• leae. Amblyopone leae Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 16, fig. 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Lord Howe).
  • Type-material: 24 syntype workers (“two colonies”).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Lord Howe I. (“one colony on summit of Mt Gervis”) (A.M. Lea).
  • Type-depository: MCZC (perhaps also SAMA).
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1927i: 129; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 9; Brown, 1960a: 168, 201; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Syntype workers form Lord Howe Island (24 in Museum of Comparative Zoology, 2 in National Museum of Natural History).

Type Material

• Syntype, 24 workers, Lord Howe Island, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Syntype, 2 workers, Lord Howe Island, Australia, National Museum of Natural History.

References

• Wheeler, W. M. 1927c. Ants of the genus Amblyopone Erichson. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 1-29 (page 16, fig. 3 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Brown W. L., Jr. 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230.
• CSIRO Collection
• Hoffmann, B. D., R. Graham, and D. Smith. 2017. Ant species accumulation on Lord Howe Island highlights the increasing need for effective biosecurity on islands. NeoBiota 34:41-52.
• Jennings J. T., and A. D. Austin. 2015. Synopsis of the hymenopteran fauna of Lord Howe Island with a preliminary checklist of species. Zootaxa 3931(3): 423–432.
• Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
• Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149. 
• Wheeler W. M. 1927. Ants of the genus Amblyopone Erichson. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 1-29
• Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
• Wheeler WM. 1927. Ants of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 62.4: 120-153.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1927. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 121-153