Orectognathus rostratus

Orectognathus rostratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Orectognathus
Species:	O. rostratus
Binomial name
Orectognathus rostratus Lowery, 1967 Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Orectognathus Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -26.60000038° to -32.066°.

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.

• rostratus. Orectognathus rostratus Lowery, 1967: 137, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973c: 214 (l.). See also: Bolton, 2000: 24.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Breakfast Creek, Mt. Warning State Park, 10mi. W Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-017833, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 11 workers, 1 queen, Iluka, New South Wales, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-010830, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 4 workers, 2 queens, near Binna Burra, Queensland, Australia, Taylor,R.W., ANIC32-010831, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 4 workers, Mt. Warning, New South Wales, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-010832, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 20 workers, Breakfast Creek, Mt. Warning State Park, 10mi. W Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-010833, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 4 workers, 1 queen, Bruxner Park, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-010863, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 5 workers, 1 queen, Iluka, New South Wales, Australia, Lowery,B.B., ANIC32-017834, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Karrumbyn Creek, Mt. Warning State Park, 10mi. W Murwillumbah, New South Wales, approx. 900ft., Australia, 30 August 1962, B.B Lowery, South Australian Museum; ex. crevice in rock.
• Paratype, 2 workers, Lake Eacham National Park, Queensland, Australia, 17-18 July 1971, R.W. Taylor & J. Feehan, RWT#71.393, South Australian Museum; ex. small fragment rotten wood, 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)
• Lowery, B. B. 1967. A new ant of the dacetine genus Orectognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 6: 137-140 (page 137, figs. 1, 2 worker, queen described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1973c. The ant larvae of the tribes Basicerotini and Dacetini: second supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 49: 207-214 (page 214, larva 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.
• Lowery B. B. 1967. A new ant of the dacetine genus Orectognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 6: 137-140.
• Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
• Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.