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Podomyrma obscurior
| Podomyrma obscurior | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Podomyrma |
| Species group: | adelaidae |
| Species: | P. obscurior |
| Binomial name | |
| Podomyrma obscurior Forel, 1915 | |
Identification
Distribution
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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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- obscurior. Podomyrma bimaculata var. obscurior Forel, 1915b: 50 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Subspecies of adelaidae: Emery, 1924d: 237; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 80. Raised to species: Taylor, 1999: 174.
Type Material
- Podomyrma bimaculata obscurior Forel, 1915: Holotype, worker, Alice River, Queensland, Australia, museum unknown (prob. MHNG (Geneva) or NHRS (Stockholm)).
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 237, Variety/subspecies of adelaidae)
- Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 50, worker described)
- Taylor, R. W. 1999. Nomenclatural changes in the Australasian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 34: 173-174 (page 174, Raised to species)
- Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 80, Variety/subspecies of adelaidae)