Stigmacros australis
Stigmacros australis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Melophorini |
Genus: | Stigmacros |
Species: | S. australis |
Binomial name | |
Stigmacros australis (Forel, 1902) |
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- australis. Acantholepis (Acrostigma) australis Forel, 1902h: 479 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in A. (Stigmacros): Forel, 1905b: 179; in Stigmacros: Emery, 1925b: 34; in S. (Cyrtostigmacros): McAreavey, 1957: 36.
Type Material
- Acantholepis (Acrostigma) australis Forel, 1902: Syntype, 3 workers, Wollongbar, Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 34, Combination in Stigmacros)
- Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 479, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1905e. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185 (page 179, Combination in A. (Stigmacros))
- McAreavey, J. 1957. Revision of the genus Stigmacros Forel. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 21: 7-64 (page 36, Combination in S. (Cyrtostigmacros))