Podomyrma grossestriata

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Podomyrma grossestriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Podomyrma
Species group: elongata
Species: P. grossestriata
Binomial name
Podomyrma grossestriata
Forel, 1915

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • grossestriata. Podomyrma elongata r. grossestriata Forel, 1915b: 50 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Brown, 1953b: 3.

Type Material

  • Podomyrma elongata grossestriata Forel, 1915: Holotype, worker, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, museum unknown (prob. MHNG (Geneva) or NHRS (Stockholm)).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1953. Notes on Australian Podomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). North Qld. Nat. 21: 3.
  • 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.