Orectognathus parvispinus

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

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Orectognathus Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -21.14999962° to -28.35°.

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.

Elevation Range

Occurrence at collecting sites during elevational surveys of rainforest in the Eungella region, Queensland, Australia (Burwell et al., 2020).

Species	Elevation (m asl)
	200	400	600	800	1000	1200
Orectognathus parvispinus		0-10	0-10	20-30
Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded. Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• parvispinus. Orectognathus parvispinus Taylor, 1977: 603, figs. 17-19 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. See also: Bolton, 2000: 24.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Eungella National Park, about 3km S Eungella, Queensland, Australia, 21°09′0″S 148°29′0″E, Taylor,R.W., ANIC32-010843, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 2 workers, Eungella National Park, about 3km S Eungella, Queensland, Australia, 21°09′0″S 148°29′0″E, Taylor,R.W., ANIC32-010838, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 5 workers, 2 queens, Eungella National Park, about 3km S Eungella, Queensland, Australia, 21°09′0″S 148°29′0″E, Taylor,R.W., ANIC32-010842, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Eungella National Park, about 3km S Eungella, Queensland, Australia, 21°09′0″S 148°29′0″E, Queensland Museum.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Eungella National Park, about 3km S Eungella, Queensland, approx. 780m, Australia, 21°09′0″S 148°29′0″E, 26 March 1975, R.W. Taylor, South Australian Museum; Berlesate, rainforest.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 301, catalogue)
• Burwell, C.J., Nakamura, A. 2020. Rainforest ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient at Eungella in the Clarke Range, Central Queensland coast, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 125: 43-63.
• 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 603, figs. 17-19 worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• CSIRO Collection