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Arnoldius pusillus aequalis
| Arnoldius pusillus aequalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Arnoldius |
| Species: | A. pusillus |
| Subspecies: | A. pusillus aequalis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Arnoldius pusillus aequalis (Forel, 1902)
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Identification
Distribution
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aequalis. Bothriomyrmex pusillus var. aequalis Forel, 1902h: 476 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 36, cites 3w, 11q, 15m syntypes USNM.]
- Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Bending (= Bendigo?) (W.W. Froggatt).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, USNM.
- Combination in Arnoldius: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 166.
- Subspecies of pusillus: Forel, 1907h: 287; Emery, 1913a: 28; Forel, 1915b: 83; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 32; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 92; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Shattuck, 1994: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 81.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Bothriomyrmex pusillus aequalis Forel, 1902: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Bending [?Bendigo], Victoria, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Bothriomyrmex pusillus aequalis Forel, 1902: Syntype, 3 workers, 11 queens, 15 males, Bending [?Bendigo], Victoria, Australia, National Museum of Natural History.
Description
References
- Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex. Zootaxa 2845: 1-175.