Pseudoneoponera barbata
Pseudoneoponera barbata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Pseudoneoponera |
Species: | P. barbata |
Binomial name | |
Pseudoneoponera barbata (Stitz, 1911) |
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- barbata. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) barbata Stitz, 1911a: 355, fig. 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: Adelaide (Schomburgk).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 21;
- combination in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 135.
- Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 21; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 303.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) barbata Stitz, 1911: Syntype, worker(s), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität.
Description
References
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
- Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1911: 351-381 (page 355, fig. 6 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- 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.