Pseudonotoncus

Pseudonotoncus is found along the Australian east coast from the wet tropics in North Queensland to southern Victoria in rainforest and wet and dry sclerophyll forests. Specimens of this genus are uncommon and forage primarily on vegetation and tree trunks, both during the day and at night. The only known nest was found in soil. Nothing more is known of their biology. (Shattuck and Reilly 2013)

Species richness
Species richness by country based on regional taxon lists (countries with darker colours are more species-rich). View Data



Most records of Pseudonotoncus come from the area just north of the New South Wales/Queensland border south to southern Victoria with the most westerly from the Otway Peninsula. There have been occasional collections further north in Queensland, most notably specimens from the Tambourine Mountains (the type of Pseudonotoncus turneri was collected here) and a single specimen from Mount Elliot, south-west of Townsville. Many specimens come from forests in and around Melbourne, Victoria, with samples from Gellibrand, the Dandenong Ranges, Kew, Hurstbridge and Woori Yallock. There are also several collections from south-east Queensland and single specimens from Black Mountain in the ACT and Eastwood State Forest, near Armidale in New South Wales.

Castes


Worker of Pseudonotoncus from Queensland.

Nomenclature

 *  PSEUDONOTONCUS [Formicinae: Myrmecorhynchini]
 * Pseudonotoncus Clark, 1934c: 64. Type-species: Pseudonotoncus hirsutus, by original designation.