Opisthopsis haddoni rufonigra
Opisthopsis haddoni rufonigra | |
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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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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 22.5045° to -26.21666667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
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Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
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
Castes
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 / 19.65°S 134.183333°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.
Description
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)
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