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Orectognathus versicolor
| Orectognathus versicolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Orectognathus |
| Species: | O. versicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Orectognathus versicolor Donisthorpe, 1940
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.578928° to -35.58333333°.
| 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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Elevation Range
| Species | Elevation (m asl) | |||||
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| 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | 1200 | |
| Orectognathus versicolor | 0-10 | 30-40 | 60-70 | |||
| Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded. Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species. | ||||||
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- versicolor. Orectognathus versicolor Donisthorpe, 1940a: 46 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Brown, 1953k: 93 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955a: 128 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Brown, 1977: 349 (k.). See also: Bolton, 2000: 25.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Tamborine (as Tambourine) Mt., Queensland, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
Description
Karyotype
- See additional details at the Ant Chromosome Database.
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- n = 11, 2n = 22 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977).
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953k. A revision of the dacetine ant genus Orectognathus. Mem. Qld. Mus. 13: 84-104 (page 93, queen described)
- 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.
- Donisthorpe, H. 1940a. Descriptions of new species of ants (Hym., Formicidae) from various localities. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(5): 39-48 (page 46, worker described)
- 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).
- Jansen, G., Savolainen, R. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the ant tribe Myrmicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160(3), 482–495 (doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00604.x).
- Larabee, F.J., Suarez, A.V. 2014. The evolution and functional morphology of trap-jaw ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 20: 25-36.
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1955a [1954]. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribes Basicerotini and Dacetini. Psyche (Camb.) 61: 111-145 (page 128, larva 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.
- 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.