Doleromyrma darwiniana

Doleromyrma darwiniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Doleromyrma
Species:	D. darwiniana
Binomial name
	Doleromyrma darwiniana; (Forel, 1907) Specimen Label
Subspecies
	Doleromyrma darwiniana fida Forel, 1907; Doleromyrma darwiniana leae Forel, 1913;

Photo Gallery

Doleromyrma darwiniana male and alate queens in their nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia. Photo by Alex Wild.

At a Glance

• Limited invasive

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -24.96535° to -35.25833511°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality), New Zealand.

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.

Biology

Castes

Queen

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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0172371. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.

Male

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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0172369. 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.

darwiniana. Tapinoma (Doleromyrma) darwinianum Forel, 1907a: 28 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA. Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.). Combination in Iridomyrmex: Emery, 1913a: 24; in Doleromyrma: Shattuck, 1992a: 14. Current subspecies: nominal plus fida, leae.

Type Material

Tapinoma (Doleromyrma) darwinianum Forel, 1907: Syntype, 1 worker, Mt. Victoria, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, <collector unknown>, ANIC32-001666, Australian National Insect Collection.
Tapinoma (Doleromyrma) darwinianum Forel, 1907: Syntype, 2 workers, Mt. Victoria, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Tapinoma (Doleromyrma) darwinianum Forel, 1907: Syntype, 3 workers, 1 male, Mt. Victoria, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 24, Combination in Iridomyrmex)
Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 28, worker, male 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).
Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berl.) 59: 341-393 (page 345, karyotype described)
Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 13-18 (page 14, Combination in Doleromyrma)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Briese D. T., and B. J. Macauley. 1977. Physical structure of an ant community in semi-Arid Australia
Clark J. 1934. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8: 48-73.
Majer J. D., and O. G. Nichols. 1998. Long-term recolonization patterns of ants in Western Australian rehabilitated bauxite mines with reference to their use as indicators of restoration success. Journal of Applied Ecology 35: 161-182.
Majer, J.D. and O.G. Nichols. 1998. Long-Term Recolonization Patterns of Ants in Western Australian Rehabilitated Bauxite Mines with Reference to Their Use as Indicators of Restoration Success. Journal of Applied Ecology 35(1):161-182
Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
York. 2000. Long-term effects of frequent low-intensity burning on ant communities in coastal blackbutt forests of southeastern Australia. Austral Ecology 25: 83-98.