Ochetellus glaber clarithorax

Ochetellus glaber clarithorax
Ochetellus glaber clarithorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Ochetellus
Species:	O. glaber
Subspecies:	O. glaber clarithorax
Trinomial name
Ochetellus glaber clarithorax (Forel, 1902) Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -27.46667° to -33.91527°.

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.

• clarithorax. Iridomyrmex glaber var. clarithorax Forel, 1902h: 473 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Ochetellus: Shattuck, 1992a: 17.

Type Material

• Iridomyrmex glaber clarithorax Forel, 1902: Syntype, 3 workers, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Froggatt,W.W., ANIC32-014946, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Iridomyrmex glaber clarithorax Forel, 1902: Syntype, 3 workers, Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Iridomyrmex glaber clarithorax Forel, 1902: Syntype, 5 workers, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Iridomyrmex glaber clarithorax Forel, 1902: Syntype, 1 worker, Forest Reef, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Iridomyrmex glaber clarithorax Forel, 1902: Syntype, 3 workers, Australia, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Iridomyrmex glaber clarithorax Forel, 1902: Syntype, 30 workers, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Iridomyrmex glaber clarithorax Forel, 1902: Syntype, 2 workers, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel.
• Iridomyrmex glaber clarithorax Forel, 1902: Syntype, 2 workers (1 missing head), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

References

• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 473, worker, queen described)
• Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 13-18 (page 17, Combination in Ochetellus)