Myrmecia pulchra

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Myrmecia pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species group: gulosa
Species: M. pulchra
Binomial name
Myrmecia pulchra
Clark, 1929

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms
At a Glance • Ergatoid queen  

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -30.23332977° to -39.03333333°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Clark (1951) described ergatoid queens in M. pulchra

Phylogeny

Myrmecia
gulosa group

Myrmecia esuriens

Myrmecia midas

Myrmecia pulchra

Myrmecia mjobergi

Myrmecia regularis

Myrmecia forficata

Myrmecia brevinoda

Myrmecia erecta

Myrmecia pyriformis

Myrmecia browningi

Myrmecia sp.

Myrmecia analis

Myrmecia minuscula

Myrmecia comata

Myrmecia rowlandi

Myrmecia flavicoma

Myrmecia tarsata

Myrmecia tridentata

Myrmecia eungellensis

Myrmecia fabricii

Myrmecia athertonensis

Myrmecia auriventris

Myrmecia borealis

Myrmecia gulosa

Myrmecia forceps

Myrmecia simillima

Myrmecia arnoldi

Myrmecia fulgida

Myrmecia pavida

Myrmecia vindex

Myrmecia fuscipes

Myrmecia (near nigriceps)

Myrmecia desertorum

Myrmecia nigriceps

Myrmecia nigriceps

Myrmecia inquilina

nigrocincta group

Myrmecia flammicollis

Myrmecia petiolata

Myrmecia nigrocincta

picta group

Myrmecia fucosa

Myrmecia picta

Myrmecia infima

Myrmecia urens

apicalis group

Myrmecia apicalis

pilosula group

Myrmecia testaceipes

Myrmecia acuta

Myrmecia chasei

Myrmecia clarki

Myrmecia dispar

Myrmecia occidentalis

Myrmecia tepperi

Myrmecia elegans

Myrmecia varians

Myrmecia banksi

Myrmecia croslandi

Myrmecia impaternata

Myrmecia haskinsorum

Myrmecia pilosula

Myrmecia pilosula

Myrmecia (near pilosula)

Based on Mera-Rodríguez et al. (2023).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • pulchra. Myrmecia pulchra Clark, 1929: 119, pl. 1, fig. 3 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens.
    • Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, East Gippsland, Cann River, 26.xi.-8.xii.1928 (J. Clark).
    • Type-depository: MVMA.
    • Clark, 1951: 83 (subapterous q.).
    • Status as species: Clark, 1951: 82 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1635 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 273.
    • Senior synonym of crassinoda: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
    • Senior synonym of fallax: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
    • Senior synonym of murina: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
    • Distribution: Australia.
  • crassinoda. Myrmecia crassinoda Clark, 1934c: 50, pl. 4, fig. 2 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype ergatoid queen.
    • Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Gellibrand (J. Clark).
    • Type-depository: MVMA.
    • Status as species: Clark, 1951: 88 (redescription).
    • Junior synonym of pulchra: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
  • fallax. Myrmecia fallax Clark, 1951: 79, fig. 57 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: holotype Australia: Victoria, Kerrie (J.E. Dixon); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: ANIC.
    • Junior synonym of pulchra: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
  • murina. Myrmecia murina Clark, 1951: 80, figs. 58-60 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: holotype Australia: Victoria, Belgrave, i.1933 (J. Clark); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: ANIC.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 251 (l.).
    • Junior synonym of pulchra: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

Type Material

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • CSIRO Collection
  • Sinclair J. E., and T. R. New. 2004. Pine plantations in south eastern Australia support highly impoverished ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 277-286.
  • 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.