Odontomachus turneri
Odontomachus turneri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Odontomachus |
Species: | O. turneri |
Binomial name | |
Odontomachus turneri Forel, 1900 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -9.233334° to -28.04999924°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- turneri. Odontomachus ruficeps r. turneri Forel, 1900b: 56 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Townsville (R. Turner).
- Type-depository: ANIC, MHNG.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1911c: 250; Emery, 1911d: 115.
- Subspecies of ruficeps: Forel, 1910b: 10.
- Junior synonym of cephalotes: Brown, 1976a: 103.
- Status as species: Clark, 1928b: 169; Brown, 1978b: 283; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 36; Taylor, 1987a: 49; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 2 workers, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, worker(s), Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Stud. Entomol. 19: 67-171 (page 103, Junior synonym of cephalotes)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1978b [1977]. A supplement to the world revision of Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 84: 281-285 (page 283, Revived from synonymy and raised to species)
- Forel, A. 1900b. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 44: 54-77 (page 56, worker described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Andersen A. N., and H. Reichel. 1994. The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna of Holmes Jungle, a rainforest patch in the seasonal tropics of Australia's Northern Territory. Aust. Ent. Soc. 33. 153-158.
- CSIRO Collection
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.