Species Chelaner falcatum (McAreavey, 1949)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Schizopelta falcata McAreavey, J.J. 1949. Australian Formicidae. New genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 74: 1-25 [15 June 1949] [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC W, Nyngan, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Chelaner falcatum (McAreavey, 1949). —
  Sparks, K.S., Andersen, A.N., & Austin, A.D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33: 225-236

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Cobar Peneplain (CP)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

General References

Sparks, K.S., Andersen, A.N., & Austin, A.D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33: 225-236 [232] (formerly Monomorium Mayr, 1855)

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