Species Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842
- Amblyopone australis Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [261].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMHB 7228 worker (CASENT0104575), Tasmiania, Australia.
Syntype(s) ZMB 2 specimems, Tasmania.Subsequent designation references:
Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. A Revision of Male Ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Resurrections of the Genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 7(3): e33325 [3]. - Amblyopone obscura Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum 216 pp. 14 pls. [27 Mar. 1858] [109].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH worker, queen, Australia. - Amblyopone australis fortis Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH worker, Kuranda, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. - Amblyopone australis minor Forel, A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(no.16): 1-119, pls 1-3 [Date published 4 Dec. 1915] [1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH worker, queen, male, Mt. Tambourine (=Tamborine Mt.), Queensland, Australia; ANIC worker, Mt. Tambourine (=Tamborine Mt.), Queensland, Australia
Comment: other syntypes may exist. - Amblyopone australis foveolata Wheeler, W.M. 1927. Ants of the genus Amblyopone Erichson. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62: 1-29 [9].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCZ *W,Q,M, Denmark, Western Australia, Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brown, W.L. jr 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 122: 143-230 [167]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
"Australia, Lord Howe Is., New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, New Guinea, Solomon Islands" (Jennings & Austin 2015).
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Alpine, closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in ground layer.
General References
Taylor, R.W. 1979. Melanesian ants of the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 823-839 (bionomics)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 29-Nov-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | VESPOIDEA | 18-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 29-May-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 25-May-2010 | MODIFIED |