Opisthopsis picta lepida
Opisthopsis picta lepida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Opisthopsis |
Species: | O. picta |
Subspecies: | O. picta lepida |
Trinomial name | |
Opisthopsis picta lepida Wheeler, W.M., 1918 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -24.74444389° to -24.74444389°.
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. |
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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.
- lepida. Opisthopsis pictus var. lepidus Wheeler, W.M. 1918d: 352, pl. 1, figs. 3, 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
Type Material
- Syntype, 9 workers, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 19°15′0″S 146°06′0″E / 19.25°S 146.1°E, 9 October 1914, Wheeler, W.M., MCZ-9143, Museum of Comparative Zoology; (examined by S.Shattuck, October 2012).
- Syntype, 3 workers, Koah, Queensland, Australia, 16°49′0″S 145°31′0″E / 16.816667°S 145.516667°E, 29 October 1914, Wheeler, W.M., MCZ-9143, Museum of Comparative Zoology; (examined by S.Shattuck, October 2012).
- Syntype, 2 workers, Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia, 27°34′0″S 153°04′0″E / 27.566667°S 153.066667°E, 14 November 1914, Wheeler, W.M., MCZ-9143, Museum of Comparative Zoology; (examined by S.Shattuck, October 2012).
Description
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1918d. The ants of the genus Opisthopsis Emery. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62: 341-362 (page 352, pl. 1, figs. 3, 4 worker described)
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