Vombisidris renateae

Vombisidris renateae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Vombisidris
Species:	V. renateae
Binomial name
	Vombisidris renateae; (Taylor, 1989) Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the philax group

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -11.68333° to -19.00261368°.


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.

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.

renateae. Leptothorax renateae Taylor, 1989b: 609, figs. 4-7 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers.
- [Note: queens are recorded but are excluded from the type-series by Taylor, 1989b: 609.]
- Type-locality: holotype Australia: Queensland, 11 km. ENE Mt Tozer (12°43’S, 143°18’E), 11-16.vii.1986, ANIC no. 1064, rainforest litter (T. Weir); paratypes: 1 worker with same data, 1 worker with same data but 3 km. ENE, 12°44’S, 143°14’E, 1 worker with same data but 1-4.vii.1986, ANIC 1052, 1 worker Queensland, Cape Tribulation area, 2 km. WNW (site 2), 50 m., 7.x.1982 (Monteith, Yeates & Thompson), 2 workers Cape Tribulation area, 3.5 km. W (site 7), 680 m., 2.x.1982 (Monteith, Yeates & Thompson), 1 worker Cape Tribulation area, 16°03’S to 16°05’S, 145°28’E, 21-28.iii.1984, ANIC 940 (A. Calder & T. Weir), 1 owrker Queensland, Mossman Gorge, 3 mi. E Mossman, ca. 200 ft, 27-29.x.1966, acc. 1966.90 (R.W. Taylor).
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, QMBA (paratypes).
- Combination in Vombisidris: Bolton, 1991: 6.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1991: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Xu & Yu, 2012: 1500 (in key).
- Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Leptothorax renateae Taylor, 1989: Holotype, worker, 11km ENE Mt. Tozer, Queensland, Australia, Weir,T.A., ANIC32-015047, Australian National Insect Collection.
Leptothorax renateae Taylor, 1989: Paratype, 1 worker, Cape Tribulation area, Queensland, Australia, Calder,A. & Weir,T., ANIC32-007729, Australian National Insect Collection.
Leptothorax renateae Taylor, 1989: Paratype, 2 workers, 2.0km WNW Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia, Monteith,G.B., Yeates & Thompson, ANIC32-007731, Australian National Insect Collection.
Leptothorax renateae Taylor, 1989: Paratype, 1 worker, Mossman Gorge, 3mi. E Mossman, Queensland, Australia, Taylor,R.W., ANIC32-007743, Australian National Insect Collection.
Leptothorax renateae Taylor, 1989: Paratype, 1 worker, 11km ENE Mt. Tozer, Queensland, Australia, Weir,T.A., ANIC32-014961, Australian National Insect Collection.

Description

References

Bolton, B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 1-13. (page 6, combination in Vombisidris)
Jeenthong, T., Jaitrong, W., Tasen, W. 2023. A new species of the ant genus Vombisidris Bolton, 1991 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Thailand. Tropical Natural History 23: 105-113.
Taylor, R. W. 1989b. Australasian ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 27: 605-610 (page 609, figs. 4-7 worker, queen described)