Opisthopsis respiciens moesta

Opisthopsis respiciens moesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Opisthopsis
Species:	O. respiciens
Subspecies:	O. respiciens moesta
Trinomial name
Opisthopsis respiciens moesta Wheeler, W.M., 1918

Distribution

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.

• moesta. Opisthopsis respiciens var. moestus Wheeler, W.M. 1918d: 348 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

• Syntype, 3 workers, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 16°55′0″S 145°46′0″E, 12 October 1914, Wheeler, W.M., MCZ-9141, Museum of Comparative Zoology; (examined by S.Shattuck, October 2012).
• Syntype, 2 workers, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 19°15′0″S 146°06′0″E, 4 October 1902, Dodd, F.P., MCZ-9141, Museum of Comparative Zoology; (examined by S.Shattuck, October 2012).

References

• Wheeler, W. M. 1918d. The ants of the genus Opisthopsis Emery. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62: 341-362 (page 348, worker, queen, male described)