Opisthopsis haddoni rufonigra

Opisthopsis haddoni rufonigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Opisthopsis
Species:	O. haddoni
Subspecies:	O. haddoni rufonigra
Trinomial name
Opisthopsis haddoni rufonigra Forel, 1910

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  Roebourne, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 20 May 2011.
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  Roebourne, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 20 May 2011.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.5045° to -26.21666667°.

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.

• rufonigra. Opisthopsis haddoni subsp. rufoniger Forel, 1910b: 70 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, W.M. 1918d: 356 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1968: 216 (l.).

Type Material

• Syntype, 7 workers, 1 dealate queen, 1 male, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, 19°39′0″S 134°11′0″E, 21 April 1906, Field, J.F., MCZ-9148, Museum of Comparative Zoology; (examined by S.Shattuck, October 2012).
• Syntype, 1 worker, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Syntype, 3 workers, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Queensland Museum.

References

• Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 70, 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).
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1968a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): supplement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 61: 205-222 (page 216, larva described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918d. The ants of the genus Opisthopsis Emery. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62: 341-362 (page 356, queen, male described)