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Discothyrea bidens
| Discothyrea bidens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Discothyrea |
| Species: | D. bidens |
| Binomial name | |
| Discothyrea bidens Clark, 1928
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -26.63332939° to -37.91667175°.
| 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
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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Male (alate). Specimen code casent0172124. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia. |
   
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0172125. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bidens. Discothyrea bidens Clark, 1928a: 38, pl. 1 figs. 30, 31 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Warburton (F.E. Wilson).
- [Note: Brown, 1958g: 340, records that in conversation F.E. Wilson told him that the real type-locality of bidens was Cement Creek, “some miles up into the Warburton Range, away from the town of Warburton”.]
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MVMA.
- Status as species: Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 108; Brown, 1958g: 253, 339; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 29; Taylor, 1987a: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 171.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Cement Creek, 700m, Warburton Range, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Cement Creek, 700m, Warburton Range, Victoria, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Cement Creek, 700m, Warburton Range, Victoria, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 339, see also)
- Clark, J. 1928a. Australian Formicidae. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 14: 29-41 (page 38, pl. 1 figs. 30, 31 worker described)
- 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.86.2021.001-245).
- 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:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.