McArthur, Archiebold John

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Archie's taxonomic work was focused on the genus Camponotus. He mounted and classified ants from over 5000 localities in Australia and collected ants from most Australian habitats. The collection of Camponotus in the South Australian Museum where he worked is the most significant for this genus in all of Australia.

Archie constructed keys for the identification of Australian Camponotus and has published on the importance of these ants in helping restore vegetation on disturbed sites. He also studied the similarity of some Australian and African ants, helped discover new populations of the dinosaur ant Nothomyrmecia macrops along the Eyre Highway. This species had previous been known only from Poochera in Eyre Peninsula.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Klimes-mcarthur-2014-myrm-news.pdf|Klimes, P. & McArthur, A.J. 2014. Diversity and ecology of arboricolous ant communities of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a New Guinea rainforest with descriptions of four new species. Myrmecological News 20, 141-158. PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur A Adams M 1996.pdf|McArthur, A. J. 1996. [Untitled. New species of Camponotus attributed to McArthur.] Pp. 27-34 in: McArthur, A. J., Adams, M. A morphological and molecular revision of the Camponotus nigriceps group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Invertebr. Taxon. 10:1-46. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Adams 1997.pdf|McArthur, A. J.; Adams, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 1998 [1997]. A morphological and molecular review of Camponotus terebrans (Lowne) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 45: 579-598 PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur 2003.pdf|McArthur, A.J. 2003. New species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 127(1):5-14. PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur A 2007.pdf|McArthur, A. J. 2007a. A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia. Pages 290-351 in Snelling, R. R., B. L. Fisher and P. S. Ward. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E.O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80. PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur 2007b.pdf|McArthur, A. J. 2007b. New species of Camponotus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 108:103-113. PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur 2008.pdf|McArthur, A. J. 2008. New species of Camponotus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Australia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie. 109B:111-129. PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur A 2009.pdf|McArthur, A. J. 2009. New species, new status and new synonymy for Camponotus from Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 12:273-286. PDF]]


 * McArthur, AJ. 2010. A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia: 121 pp. South Australian Museum.


 * McArthur, A.J. 2012. A guide to Colobopsis ants of the world: 234 pp. South Australian Museum.


 * [[Media:Adams 1997.pdf|McArthur, A. J.; Adams, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 1998 [1997]. A morphological and molecular review of Camponotus terebrans (Lowne) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 45: 579-598 PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur & Leys 2006.pdf|McArthur, A. J. and R. Leys. 2006. A morphological and molecular study of some species in the Camponotus maculatus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia and Africa, with a description of a new Australian species. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 99-110. PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur & Shattuck 2001.pdf|McArthur, A.J. ; Shattuck, S. O. 2001.  A taxonomic revision of the Camponotus macrocephalus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 125:25-43. PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur A Shattuck S 1995.pdf|Shattuck, S. O.; McArthur, A. J. 1995. Generic placements of Australian ants described by W. F. Erichson (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 34: 121-123 PDF]]


 * [[Media:McArthur A Shattuck S 2002.pdf|Shattuck, S. O.; McArthur, A. J. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Camponotus wiederkehri and perjurus species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 126:63-90. PDF]]