Myrmecia potteri
Myrmecia potteri | |
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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. potteri |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia potteri (Clark, 1951) |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -33.29999924° to -36°.
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.
- potteri. Promyrmecia potteri Clark, 1951: 168, fig. 136 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype Australia: Victoria, Patho (H.A. Potter); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: ANIC.
- Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14.
- Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 359; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1639 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 273.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Patho, Victoria, Australia, Potter,H.A., ANIC32-015333, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, worker, Patho, Victoria, Australia, Potter,H.A., ANIC32-015332, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae: 230 pp. CSIRO, Melbourne. [(31.xii).1951.]
- 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).
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 14, Combination in Myrmecia)