Chelaner forcipatus

Chelaner forcipatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Chelaner
Species:	C. forcipatus
Binomial name
Chelaner forcipatus (Emery, 1914) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.992° to -21.81666946°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: New Caledonia (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.

• forcipatus. Monomorium (Chelaner) forcipatum Emery, 1914f: 410, pl. 13, fig. 7 (w.q.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queen(s), syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: New Caledonia: Ngoi Valley, 200 m. (F. Sarasin & J. Roux).
  • Type-depositories: MSNG, NHMB.
  • Combination in Monomorium: Taylor, 1987b: 4;
  • combination in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 96; Sparks, et al. 2019: 232.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 168; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 25; Ettershank, 1966: 96; Taylor, 1987a: 21; Bolton, 1995b: 262; Sparks, et al. 2019: 232.
  • Distribution: New Caledonia.

References

• Emery, C. 1914f. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. Nova Caled. A Zool. 1: 393-437 (page 410, pl. 13, fig. 7 worker, queen, male described)
• Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 96, Combination in Chelaner)
• Sparks, K.S., Andersen, A.N., Austin, A.D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33: 225–236 (doi:10.1071/IS16080).
• Taylor, R. W. 1987b. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). First supplement, 10 July, 1987. CSIRO Div. Entomol. Rep. 41(Suppl. .1: 1-5 (page 4, Combination in Monomorium)