Myrmecia ferruginea
Myrmecia ferruginea | |
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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. ferruginea |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia ferruginea Mayr, 1876 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -28.66666667° to -28.66666667°.
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.
- ferruginea. Myrmecia nigriceps var. ferruginea Mayr, 1876: 95 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Australia: Queensland, Peak Downs (no collector’s name), Queensland, Gayndah (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Subspecies of nigriceps: Dalla Torre, 1893: 21.
- Junior synonym of vindex: Forel, 1907h: 264; Emery, 1911d: 19.
- Status as species: Brown, 1953j: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629 (in list only); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Myrmecia nigriceps ferruginea Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 3 workers, Peak Downs, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953j. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111: 1-35.
- Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 264, Junior synonym of vindex)
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 95, worker described)