Odontomachus turneri

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Odontomachus turneri
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

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Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -9.233334° to -28.04999924°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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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

Description

References

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.