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Orectognathus elegantulus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Orectognathus |
| Species: | O. elegantulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Orectognathus elegantulus Taylor, 1977
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -28.23333° to -34.433°.
| 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.
- elegantulus. Orectognathus elegantulus Taylor, 1977: 589, figs. 11-13 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. See also: Bolton, 2000: 22.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, Taylor,R.W. & Kohout,R., ANIC32-017824, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, Taylor,R.W. & Kohout,R., ANIC32-010814, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, 1 queen, Dorrigo National Park, New South Wales, Australia, Ward,P., ANIC32-010815, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Museum.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 301, catalogue)
- 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 589, figs. 11-13 worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Burwell C.J., and A. Nakamura. 2011. Distribution of ant speces along an altitudinal transect in continuous rainforest in subtropical Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum -Nature 55(2): 391-411.
- Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.