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Myrmecia gilberti
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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. gilberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia gilberti Forel, 1910
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -11.66667° to -37.56666667°.
| 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.
- gilberti. Myrmecia fulvipes var. gilberti Forel, 1910b: 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
- Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 73 (m.); Clark, 1943: 137 (q.).
- Combination in M. (Pristomyrmecia): Emery, 1911d: 21;
- combination in M. (Promyrmecia): Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 72;
- combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 136;
- combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10.
- Subspecies of fulvipes: Emery, 1911d: 21; Forel, 1913g: 173 (in text); Forel, 1915b: 9.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 72; Clark, 1943: 136 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 169 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 359; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1639 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
- Senior synonym of regina: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 73; Clark, 1943: 136; Clark, 1951: 169; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
- Distribution: Australia.
- regina. Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia) regina Santschi, 1928e: 465 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Townsville, 19.iv.1902, 23.v.1902, 18.vi.1902 (F.P. Dodd).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, NHMB.
- Junior synonym of gilberti: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 73; Clark, 1943: 136; Clark, 1951: 169; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
Type Material
- Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia) regina: Syntype, worker(s), Townsville, Queensland, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
- Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia) regina: Syntype, 3 workers, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Myrmecia fulvipes gilberti: Syntype, 2 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Turner, ANIC32-015331, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 136, Combination in Promyrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 136, Senior synonym of regina)
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae: 230 pp. CSIRO, Melbourne. [(31.xii).1951.]
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 21, Combination in M. (Pristomyrmecia))
- Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32 (page 6, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1913h. Fourmis de Tasmanie et d'Australie récoltées par MM. Lae, Froggatt etc. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 173-195 (page 173, Race of fulvipes)
- 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 73, male described)
- 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 72, Combination in M. (Promyrmecia))
- 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 72, Raised to species)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.