Species Chelaner insolescens (Wheeler, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Monomorium (Notomyrmex) insolescens Wheeler, W.M. 1934. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia No. IX. The ants. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20: 137- 163 [5 Oct. 1934] [145].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ *W,M, Derby, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Chelaner insolescens (Wheeler, 1934). —
  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

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Barrow Island

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, noctidiurnal, 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)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Feb-2022	FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809	15-Oct-2021	MODIFIED
23-Mar-2015	FORMICIDAE	28-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
07-Aug-2012		25-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		25-May-2010	MODIFIED