.jpg){kind=logo}
Arnoldius pusillus
| Arnoldius pusillus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Arnoldius |
| Species: | A. pusillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arnoldius pusillus (Mayr, 1876)
| |
| Subspecies | |
| |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands.
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. |
|
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. |
|
Biology
Castes
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
| |
| Worker. Specimen code casent0103287. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
| |
| Syntype of Tapinoma pusillum. Worker. Specimen code casent0915545. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMW, Vienna, Austria. |
Queen
Images from AntWeb
   
| |
| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0103281. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pusillus. Tapinoma pusillum Mayr, 1876: 83 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 36, cites 2w, 4q syntypes MHNG.]
- Type-localities: Australia: Queensland, Rockhampton (no collector’s name), New South Wales, Sydney (no collector’s name).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMW.
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1951: 189 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.).
- Combination in Bothriomyrmex: Forel, 1879a: 127;
- combination in Arnoldius: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 166.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 170; Forel, 1902h: 476; Emery, 1913a: 28; Clark, 1938: 374; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 92; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Shattuck, 1994: 35; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 69.
- Distribution: Australia.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus aequalis.
Type Material
- Tapinoma pusillum Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 2 workers, 4 queens, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Tapinoma pusillum Mayr, 1876: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Rockhampton, Queensland and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Description
Karyotype
- See additional details at the Ant Chromosome Database.
Explore: Show all Karyotype data or Search these data. See also a list of all data tables or learn how data is managed.
- 2n = 22 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977) (as Bothriomyrmex pusillus).
References
- Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex. Zootaxa 2845: 1-175.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown E.S. 1959. Immature nutfall of coconuts in the Solomon Islands. II. Changes in ant populations, and their relation to vegetation. Bulletin of Entomological Research 50: 523-558.
- Clark J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)50: 356-382.
- 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.