Myrmecia cephalotes

Myrmecia cephalotes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Tribe:	Myrmeciini
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species group:	cephalotes
Species:	M. cephalotes
Binomial name
	Myrmecia cephalotes; (Clark, 1943) Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Australian Myrmecia Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.53333092° to -32.38333893°.


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.

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

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

cephalotes. Promyrmecia cephalotes Clark, 1943: 123, pl. 14, figs. 32-34 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Cooper’s Creek (J.G. Reuther) (by restriction of Clark, 1951: 147); non-type locality syntypes South Australia, Killalpaninna (H.J. Hillier).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.).
- Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7.
- Status as species: Clark, 1951: 145 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1632 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 270.
- Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Syntype, 1 worker, Coopers Ck. [Cooper Ck. near Killalpaninna], South Australia, Australia, Reuther,J.G., ANIC32-005927, Australian National Insect Collection.
Syntype, 1 queen, Lower Cooper [near Killalpaninna], South Australia, Australia, <collector unknown>, ANIC32-010899, Australian National Insect Collection.
Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Cooper's Creek and Killalpaninna, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

Description

Karyotype

See additional details at the Ant Chromosome Database.

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2n = 66 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977).

References

Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 123, pl. 14, figs. 32-34 worker, queen, 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)
Ogata, K. 1991a. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 353-381 (page 357, see also)
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 7, Combination in Myrmecia)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Imai H. T., R. H. Crozier, and R. W. Taylor. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma 59: 341-393.