Podomyrma maligna

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Podomyrma maligna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Podomyrma
Species: P. maligna
Binomial name
Podomyrma maligna
(Smith, F., 1865)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

  • maligna. Myrmica maligna Smith, F. 1865: 72 (q.) INDONESIA (Morotai I.). Combination in Podomyrma: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 473.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Myrmica maligna

Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “M.” (= Morotai I.).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94