Calomyrmex glauerti

Calomyrmex glauerti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Calomyrmex
Species:	C. glauerti
Binomial name
Calomyrmex glauerti Clark, 1930 Type Specimen Label

Described from material collected from the banks of the Murchison River, Calomyrmex glauerti occurs in the far north of the SWBP.

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  Calomyrmex glauerti from Karijini, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari.
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  Calomyrmex glauerti from Karijini, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari.
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  Calomyrmex glauerti worker from Ashburton, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Formicinae of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.6123° to -29.5818°.

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.

• glauerti. Calomyrmex glauerti Clark, 1930a: 125, fig. 1 (no. 13) (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Murchison River (L. Glauert).
  • Type-depository: WAMP.
  • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 108; Taylor, 1987a: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Heterick, 2009: 60.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 2 workers, Pingetty Hill, Milly-Milly Station, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Syntype, 2 workers, Murchison River, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Syntype, 1 worker, Murchison River, Western Australia, Australia, 22–391, Western Australian Museum.

References

• Clark, J. 1930a. Some new Australian Formicidae. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 42: 116-128 (page 125, fig. 1 no. 13 worker described)
• Heterick, B. E. 2009a. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76: 1-206. Part 1.
• 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.86.2021.00*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:[https://doi.org/10.18195%2Fissn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).

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