Amblyopone mercovichi

Amblyopone mercovichi
Amblyopone mercovichi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Amblyopone
Species:	A. mercovichi
Binomial name
Amblyopone mercovichi Brown, 1960 Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -37.47672° to -37.48332977°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• mercovichi. Amblyopone mercovichi Brown, 1960a: 201, figs. 29, 32 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Australia: Victoria, Kinglake West (“= Tommy’s Hut”), 15.xi.1951 (C. Mercovich); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, MCZC (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 20; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Holotype and paratype workers from Kinglake West, Victoria (holotype in Australian National Insect Collection, paratype in Museum of Comparative Zoology but missing from point).

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Kinglake West, Victoria, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, worker (missing), Kinglake West, Victoria, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 62, catalogue)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230 (page 201, fig. 29, 32 worker described)