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Pseudoponera pachynoda
| Pseudoponera pachynoda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Pseudoponera |
| Species: | P. pachynoda |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoponera pachynoda (Clark, 1930)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -29.1486° to -32.09749°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
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.
- pachynoda. Euponera (Trachymesopus) pachynoda Clark, 1930c: 7, fig. 1 (no. 5) (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Ferntree Gully (F.P. Spry; L.B. Thorn).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Trachymesopus: Brown, 1963: 7;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308;
- combination in Pseudoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 208.
- Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 52; Taylor, 1987a: 80; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Euponera (Trachymesopus) pachynoda Clark, 1930: Syntype, worker(s), Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1963a. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part III. Some members of the tribe Ponerini (Ponerinae, Formicidae). Breviora 190: 1-10 (page 7, Combination in Trachymesopus)
- 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)
- Clark, J. 1930c. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 43: 2-25 (page 7, fig. 1 worker described)
- Esteves, F.A., Fisher, B.L. 2021. Corrieopone nouragues gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1074, 83–173 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1074.75551).
- 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).
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.