Orectognathus satan

Orectognathus satan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Orectognathus
Species:	O. satan
Binomial name
	Orectognathus satan; Brown, 1953

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Australian Orectognathus Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.06666756° to -22.5°.


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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

satan. Orectognathus satan Brown, 1953k: 102, fig. 3 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955a: 127 (l.). See also: Bolton, 2000: 25.

Type Material

Holotype, worker, Malanda Falls, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Paratype, 1 worker, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Brown,W.L., ANIC32-010861, Australian National Insect Collection.
Paratype, 1 worker, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Brown,W.L., ANIC32-010862, Australian National Insect Collection.
Paratype, 2 workers, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Museum.
Paratype, 1 worker, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, 8 October 1950, W.L. Brown, South Australian Museum; rotten log.
Paratype, 1 worker, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Western Australian 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)
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953k. A revision of the dacetine ant genus Orectognathus. Mem. Qld. Mus. 13: 84-104 (page 102, fig. 3 worker, queen described)
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1954c [1953]. The neotropical species of the ant genus Strumigenys Fr. Smith: group of elongata Roger. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 61: 189-200.
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1955a [1954]. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribes Basicerotini and Dacetini. Psyche (Camb.) 61: 111-145 (page 127, larva described)