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Myrmecia fulviculis
| Myrmecia fulviculis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species group: | mandibularis |
| Species: | M. fulviculis |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia fulviculis Forel, 1913
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
An early record from Tasmania is apparently an error and the species is only known from mainland Australia (Clark, 1943: 144).
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -16.91666985° to -42.15°.
| 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.
- fulviculis. Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia) fulvipes r. fulviculis Forel, 1913g: 174 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Tasmania (A.M. Lea).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Note: type-locality corrected to New South Wales by Clark, 1943: 144.]
- Clark, 1951: 163 (q.m.).
- Combination in M. (Promyrmecia): Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 70;
- combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 144;
- combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10.
- Subspecies of fulvipes: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 70 (redescription).
- Status as species: Clark, 1943: 144 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 162 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 359; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1638 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, worker(s), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Syntype, 2 workers, Brisbane, Queensland (city uncertain), Australia, Queensland Museum.
Description
References
- Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 144, Combination in Promyrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae: 230 pp. CSIRO, Melbourne. [(31.xii).1951.]
- Forel, A. 1913h. Fourmis de Tasmanie et d'Australie récoltées par MM. Lae, Froggatt etc. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 173-195 (page 174, worker described)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 10, Combination in Myrmecia)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1933i. Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, viii + 179 pp. (page 70, Combination in M. (Promyrmecia))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Forel A. 1913. Fourmis de Tasmanie et d'Australie récoltées par MM. Lae, Froggatt etc. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 173-195
- Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.