Pseudoneoponera excavata acuticostata

Pseudoneoponera excavata acuticostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Pseudoneoponera
Species:	P. excavata
Subspecies:	P. excavata acuticostata
Trinomial name
Pseudoneoponera excavata acuticostata (Forel, 1900)

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.

Nomenclature

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

• acuticostata. Ponera (Bothroponera) excavata var. acuticostata Forel, 1900b: 64 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45;
  • combination in Bothroponera: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 21;
  • combination in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 135.
  • Subspecies of excavata: Emery, 1911d: 77; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 21; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 302.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Ponera (Bothroponera) excavata acuticostata Forel, 1900: Holotype, worker, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 302, Combination in Pachycondyla)
• Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 32-54 (page 45, Combination in Pachycondyla)
• Forel, A. 1900b. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 44: 54-77 (page 64, worker described)
• 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).
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 21, Combination in Bothroponera)