Podomyrma nitida

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Podomyrma nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Podomyrma
Species group: novemdentata
Species: P. nitida
Binomial name
Podomyrma nitida
(Clark, 1938)

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Specimen Labels

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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • nitida. Dacryon nitida Clark, 1938: 364, fig. 4 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Podomyrma nitida Smith, F. 1860b: 110, above (Bolton, 1995b: 339).] Combination in Podomyrma: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 83.

Type Material

  • Dacryon nitida Clark, 1938: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Reevesby Island, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

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