Myrmecia borealis
Myrmecia borealis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species group: | gulosa |
Species: | M. borealis |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia borealis Ogata & Taylor, 1991 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -12.75° to -33.71666667°.
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. |
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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
Phylogeny
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Based on Mera-Rodríguez et al. (2023).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- borealis. Myrmecia borealis Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1647 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 65 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Australia: Queensland, McIlwraith Range (13/143), Leo Creek Rd, ca 550 m., 22.vii.1973 (R.W. Taylor); paratypes: 17 workers with same data, 3 workers Queensland, Iron Range, Mt Tozer summit (12/143), 8.xii.1985 (G.B. Monteith & D. Cook), 3 workers Mt Tozer above 1500 ft, 16.x.1968 (G.B. Monteith), 2 workers Mt Tozer area, 30-31.v.1971 (B. Cantrell), 12 workers McIlwraith Range, Leo Creek Road, 500 m., 26.vi.-4.vii.1976 (G.B. & S.R. Monteith), 11 workers McIlwraith Range, 10-20.vii.1976 (P. Filewood), 1 worker McIlwraith Range, Summit C, 700-800 m., 5.vi.1979 (P.A. Mathews), 2 workers Lankelly Creek, vi.1932 (Hervard Australia Expd.), 14 workers Upper Lankelly Creek (13/143), 10-11.vi.1971 (G.B. Monteith).
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, QMBA (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 270.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Leo Creek Road, McIlwraith Range, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 17 workers, Leo Creek Road, McIlwraith Range, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, workers, assorted localities, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
- Mera-Rodríguez, D., Jourdan, H., Ward, P.S., Shattuck, S., Cover, S.P., Wilson, E.O., Rabeling, C. 2023. Biogeography and evolution of social parasitism in Australian Myrmecia bulldog ants revealed by phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186, 107825 (doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107825).
- Ogata, K.; Taylor, R. W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Journal of Natural History 25: 1623-1673 (page 1647, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Ogata K. and Taylor R.W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae), Journal of Natural History, 25: 1623-1673