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Calomyrmex splendidus viridiventris
| Calomyrmex splendidus viridiventris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Calomyrmex |
| Species: | C. splendidus |
| Subspecies: | C. splendidus viridiventris |
| Trinomial name | |
| Calomyrmex splendidus viridiventris Forel, 1915 | |
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.
- viridiventris. Calomyrmex splendidus var. viridiventris Forel, 1915b: 106 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Kimberley Dist. (E. Mjöberg), Australia: Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Alice River, Laura (E. Mjöberg).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG (perhaps also NHRS).
- Subspecies of splendidus: Emery, 1925b: 175; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 109; Taylor, 1987a: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Kimberley district, Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, worker(s), Kimberley district, Western Australia and Laura and Alice River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- 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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