Amblyopone australis

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia. It is also found New Caledonia.

Nomenclature

 *  australis. Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842: 261, pl. 5, fig. 7 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Smith, F. 1858b: 109 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 116 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.). Senior synonym of laevidens, nana: Wilson, 1958a: 142; of cephalotes (and its junior synonym maculata): Brown, 1958h: 14; of fortis, foveolata, minor, obscura, and material of the unavailable names howensis, norfolkensis, pallens. queenslandica referred here: Brown, 1960a: 167 (these previously provisional synonyms in Brown, 1958h: 13). See also: Taylor, 1979: 835.
 * obscura. Amblyopone obscura Smith, F. 1858b: 109 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1925b: 138 (m.). Subspecies of australis: Froggatt, 1905: 8; Forel, 1910b: 2; Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 10. Junior synonym of australis: Brown, 1960a: 167.
 * cephalotes. Amblyopone cephalotes Smith, F. 1876c: 490 (w.) NEW ZEALAND. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 117 (l.). Subspecies of australis and senior synonym of maculata: Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 13. Junior synonym of australis: Brown, 1958h: 14.
 * laevidens. Amblyopone laevidens Emery, 1887b: 447 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Subspecies of australis: Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 12. Junior synonym of australis: Wilson, 1958a: 142.
 * fortis. Amblyopone australis var. fortis Forel, 1910b: 1 (w) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 9 (q.). Junior synonym of australis: Brown, 1960a: 167.
 * maculata. Amblyopone cephalotes var. maculata Stitz, 1911a: 351 (w.) NEW ZEALAND. Junior synonym of cephalotes: Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 13.
 * nana. Amblyopone nana Emery, 1914f: 394 (w.q.) NEW CALEDONIA. Subspecies of australis Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 16. Junior synonym of australis: Wilson, 1958a: 142.
 * minor. Amblyopone minor Forel, 1915b: 1 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of australis: Brown, 1960a: 167.
 * foveolata. Amblyopone australis subsp. foveolata Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 9 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of australis: Brown, 1960a: 167.

Amblyopone australis type material

Holotype worker from Tasmania.

Amblyopone obscura type material

Syntype worker(s) and queen(s) from Australia.

Amblyopone australis fortis type material

Syntype workers from Kuranda and Cairns, Queensland.

Amblyopone australis minor type material

Syntype workers, queen(s) and male(s) from Tamborine Mt. (as Mt. Tambourine), Queensland (1 worker in, location of other material uncertain).

Amblyopone australis foveolata type material

Syntype workers, queen and males from Denmark, Western Australia (2 workers, 1 queen and 3 males in ).

Additional References

 * Brown, W. L., Jr. (1960). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 122: 143–230.
 * Erichson, W.F. (1842). Beitrag zur Fauna von Vandiemansland mit besonderer rucksicht auf die geographische Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 8: 83–287.
 * Forel, A. (1910). Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 18: 1–94.
 * Forel, A. (1915). Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 9(16): 1–119.
 * Smith, F. (1858). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum. pp. 1–216.
 * Wheeler, W. M. (1927). Ants of the genus Amblyopone Erichson. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 62: 1–29.