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Norfolk Island
| Norfolk Island | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Region | Oceania |
| Subregion | Australia and New Zealand |
| BioRegion | Australasian Region |
| Diversity | |
| Subfamilies | 5 |
| Genera | 19 |
| Endemic Genera | 0 |
| % Endemic Genera | 0.0% |
| Species/Subspecies | 25 |
| Endemic Species | 0 |
| % Endemic Species | 0.0% |
| Introduced Species | 10 |
The following species of ants are known to occur on Norfolk Island.
Amblyoponinae
- Amblyopone australis Erichson (as A. australis cephalotes norfolkensis Wheeler[1][2]; no recent collections)
Dolichoderinae
- Iridomyrmex calvus Emery, 1914 (as I. albitarsus Wheeler[1][2])
- Iridomyrmex suchieri Forel, 1907[3]
- Linepithema humile Mayr ((introduced), first record)
- Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862) (likely (introduced), first record)
- Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) ((introduced), first record)
- Technomyrmex jocosus Forel[4]
Formicinae
- Camponotus (interception only, not known to be established)
- Nylanderia obscura (Mayr)[2]
- Nylanderia vaga (Forel)[1][2]
- Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) ((introduced), first record)
- Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery ((introduced), first record)
Myrmicinae
- Cardiocondyla atalanta Forel, 1915
- Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel[5] (as C. nuda nereis Wheeler[1][2]) (introduced)
- Carebara norfolkensis (Donisthorpe)[2]
- Chelaner rubriceps Mayr[6] (as M. sanguinolentum Wheeler[1][2])
- Monomorium fieldi Forel[6] (as M. laeve fraterculus Santschi[1][2])
- Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851) ((introduced), first record)
- Pheidole vigilans Smith (as P. ampla norfolkensis Wheeler[1][2])
- Strumigenys perplexa (Smith) (as S. leae Forel[1][2]; no recent collections)
- Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander) (as T. guineense Fabr.[1][2]) (introduced)
- Tetramorium caldarium (Roger) (as T. antipodum Wheeler[1][2]) (introduced)
- Tetramorium simillimum (Smith) (introduced)
Ponerinae
- Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger) (as Ponera mina Wheeler[1][2]; no recent collections)
- Ponera leae Forel (as P. leae oculata Wheeler[1][2]; as P. norfolkensis Wheeler[7]; no recent collections)
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Wheeler, W.M. 1927. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62, 121-153.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Donisthorpe, H. 1941. The ants of Norfolk Island. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 77, 90-93.
- ↑ Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2845: 1–174.
- ↑ Bolton, B. 2007. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 35, 1–150.
- ↑ Seifert, B. 2003. The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a taxonomic revision of the C. elegans, C. bulgarica, C. batesii, C. nuda, C. shuckardi, C. stambuloffii, C. wroughtonii, C. emeryi, and C. minutior species groups. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 104B, 203-338.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) . Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15, 353–459.
- ↑ Taylor, R. W. 1960. Taxonomic notes on the ants Ponera leae Forel and Ponera norfolkensis (Wheeler) (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Pac. Sci. 14, 178-180.