Podomyrma rugosa

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Podomyrma rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Podomyrma
Species group: turneri
Species: P. rugosa
Binomial name
Podomyrma rugosa
(Clark, 1934)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -37.23333333° to -37.43333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

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.

  • rugosa. Lordomyrma rugosa Clark, 1934b: 38, pl. 3, figs. 3, 4 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Rogeria rugosa Mann, 1921: 455 (now in Lordomyrma) (Bolton, 1995b: 339).] Combination in Dacryon: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1954a: 135; in Podomyrma: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 84. Junior synonym of christae: Brown, 1957a: 49. Revived from synonymy: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 84.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1957a [1956]. The identity of Lordomyrma rugosa Clark. Psyche (Camb.) 63: 49. (page 49, Junior synonym of christae)
  • Clark, J. 1934b. New Australian ants. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 21-47 (page 38, pl. 3, figs. 3, 4 worker, queen described [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Rogeria rugosa Mann, 1921: 455 (now in Lordomyrma).] )
  • Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 84, Combination in Podomyrma)
  • Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 84, Revived from synonymy)
  • Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1954a [1953]. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Pheidologetini. Psyche (Camb.) 60: 129-147 (page 135, Combination in Dacryon)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Andersen A. N., T. D. Penman, N. Debas, and M. Houadria. 2009. Ant community responses to experimental fire and logging in a Eucalypt forest of south-eastern Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 188-197.
  • Sinclair J. E., and T. R. New. 2004. Pine plantations in south eastern Australia support highly impoverished ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 277-286.