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Myrmecia queenslandica
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmeciini |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species group: | pilosula |
| Species: | M. queenslandica |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia queenslandica Forel, 1915
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -25.89999962° to -35.86666107°.
| 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
Worker
    
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Queen
          
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- queenslandica. Myrmecia michaelseni r. queenslandica Forel, 1915b: 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Lamington Plateau (E. Mjöberg).
- Type-depository: SMNS.
- [Note: type-depository according to Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12.]
- Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 112;
- combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12.
- Subspecies of michaelseni: Clark, 1943: 112 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 206 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 361.
- Status as species: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1640 (in key), 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
- Senior synonym of overbecki: Clark, 1943: 112; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
- Distribution: Australia.
- overbecki. Myrmecia michaelseni subsp. overbecki Viehmeyer, 1924a: 222 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Trial Bay (H. Overbeck).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Junior synonym of queenslandica: Clark, 1943: 112; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
Type Material
- Myrmecia michaelseni overbecki: Syntype, 1 worker, Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Myrmecia michaelseni overbecki: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität.
- Myrmecia michaelseni queenslandica: Holotype, worker, Lamington Plateau, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 112, Combination in Promyrmecia)
- Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 13: 83-149 (page 112, Senior synonym of overbecki)
- Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 4, worker described)
- Ogata, K.; Taylor, R. W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Journal of Natural History 25: 1623-1673 (page 1663, Raised to species)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 12, Combination in Myrmecia)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Ogata K. and Taylor R.W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae), Journal of Natural History, 25: 1623-1673
- 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.