Notoncus spinisquamis

Notoncus spinisquamis
Notoncus spinisquamis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Melophorini
Genus:	Notoncus
Species:	N. spinisquamis
Binomial name
Notoncus spinisquamis (André, 1896) Specimen labels

Identification

• Scutcllum absent, the metanotal spiracles may be connected by a low ridge); humeri rounded, not projecting to any marked extent.
• Large, slender species with long appendages, the antennal scapes much longer than (usually at least 1.2x) the length of the head proper, including clypeus.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Notoncus Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -26.85000038° to -43.36666667°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• spinisquamis. Melophorus spinisquamis André, 1896b: 254 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1968: 205 (l.). Combination in Diodontolepis: Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53; in Notoncus: Brown, 1955d: 493.

Type Material

• Syntype, 1 worker, Victorian Alps, Victoria, Australia, <collector unknown>, ANIC32-018089, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Victorian Alps, Victoria, Australia, Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle.

References

• André, E. 1896d. Fourmis nouvelles d'Asie et d'Australie. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 15: 251-265.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955d. A revision of the Australian ant genus Notoncus Emery, with notes on the other genera of Melophorini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 471-494.
• Emery, C. (1925). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum, 183: 1–302.
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1968a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): supplement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 61: 205-222 (page 205, larva described)
• Wheeler, W. M. (1920). The subfamilies of Formicidae, and other taxonomic notes. Psyche (Cambridge), 27: 46–55.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Andersen A. N. 1986. Diversity, seasonality and community organization of ants at adjacents heath and woodland sites in South-Eastern Asutralia. Australian Journal of Zoolology 34: 53-64.
• Brown W. L., Jr. 1955. A revision of the Australian ant genus Notoncus Emery, with notes on the other genera of Melophorini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113: 471-494.
• Burwell C.J., and A. Nakamura. 2011. Distribution of ant speces along an altitudinal transect in continuous rainforest in subtropical Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum -Nature 55(2): 391-411.
• CSIRO Collection
• Lowery B. B., and R. J. Taylor. 1994. Occurrence of ant species in a range of sclerophyll forest communities at Old Chum Dam, north-eastern Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 21: 11-14.
• Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.