Orectognathus darlingtoni

Orectognathus darlingtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Orectognathus
Species:	O. darlingtoni
Binomial name
Orectognathus darlingtoni Taylor, 1977 Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Orectognathus Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.25° to -18.1°.

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.

• darlingtoni. Orectognathus darlingtoni Taylor, 1977: 606, figs. 31-36 (w.q.k.) AUSTRALIA. Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 349 (k.). See also: Bolton, 2000: 22.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Lake Eacham National Park, near Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, Taylor,R.W. & Feehan,J., ANIC32-017820, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 7 workers, 1 queen, Lake Eacham National Park, near Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, Taylor,R.W. & Feehan,J., ANIC32-010710, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 queen, 3.2km E Lake Barrine, Queensland, Australia, Taylor,R.W. & Feehan,J., ANIC32-010813, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Lake Eacham National Park, near Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Museum.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Lake Eacham National Park, near Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia, 17-18 July 1971, R.W. Taylor, South Australian Museum; rainforest.

Description

Karyotype

• See additional details at the Ant Chromosome Database.

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• n = 11, 2n = 22 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977).

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 301, catalogue)
• Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berl.) 59: 341-393 (page 349, karyotype described)
• Jacintho, G.de F., Vieira, E.M.de A., Teixeira, G.A., Lopes, D.M., Serrão, J.E. 2024. First karyotype description for Acanthognathus rudis Brown & Kempf, 1969 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with notes on its natural history. Sociobiology 71(3), e10778 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v71i3.10778).
• Taylor, R. W. 1977. New ants of the Australasian genus Orectognathus, with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 25: 581-612 (page 606, figs. 31-36 worker and queen described, karyotype described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Imai H. T., R. H. Crozier, and R. W. Taylor. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma 59: 341-393.