Pseudoneoponera sublaevis reticulata
Pseudoneoponera sublaevis reticulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Pseudoneoponera |
Species: | P. sublaevis |
Subspecies: | P. sublaevis reticulata |
Trinomial name | |
Pseudoneoponera sublaevis reticulata (Forel, 1900) |
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.
- reticulata. Ponera (Bothroponera) sublaevis r. reticulata Forel, 1900b: 62 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (Turner).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
- [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera reticulata Smith, F. 1858b: 85 (Bolton, 1995b: 308).]
- Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45;
- combination in Bothroponera: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 22;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308;
- combination in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 135.
- Subspecies of sublaevis: Emery, 1911d: 77; Forel, 1915b: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 22; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Ponera (Bothroponera) sublaevis reticulata Forel, 1900: Syntype, 2 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Ponera (Bothroponera) sublaevis reticulata Forel, 1900: Syntype, worker(s), male(s), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
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 308, 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 (Bothroponera))
- 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 62, worker, male 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 22, Combination in Bothroponera)
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