Myrmecia cydista
Myrmecia cydista | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species group: | pilosula |
Species: | M. cydista |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia cydista (Clark, 1943) |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -28.81666667° to -35.09999847°.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cydista. Promyrmecia cydista Clark, 1943: 115, pl. 13, fig. 24 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Australia: New South Wales, Lismore (C.F. Denquet), New South Wales, Dorrigo (W. Heron), New South Wales, Sydney (W.W. Froggatt), New South Wales, Wahroonga (H.J. Carter).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 8.
- Status as species: Clark, 1951: 210 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 8; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1641 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, worker(s), Lismore, Dorrigo, Sydney, and Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 115, pl. 13, fig. 24 worker described)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 8, Combination in Myrmecia)