Species Chelaner leae (Forel, 1913)
- Monomorium leae Forel, A. 1913. Fourmis de Tasmanie et d'Australie récoltées par MM. Lea, Froggatt etc. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 49: 173-196 pl. 2 [185].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH W,Q, TAS; ANIC W, TAS. - Monomorium (Notomyrmex) hemiphaeum Clark, J. 1934. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 8: 48-73 [61 pl. 4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, Beech Forest and Gellibrand, VIC. - Monomorium (Notomyrmex) insularis Clark, J. 1938. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. No. 2. Sir Joseph Bank Islands. Part I. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 50: 356-382 [368].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, Reevesby Is., SA. - Monomorium occidaneus Crawley, W.C. 1922. New ants from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 9: 427-448 [447].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM *W,Q, Swan River, WA. - Monomorium (Notomyrmex) flavipes Clark, J. 1938. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. No. 2. Sir Joseph Bank Islands. Part I. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 50: 356-382 [369].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, N end of Reevesby Is., SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 73-171 [97]
- Heterick, B.E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 353-459 [427]
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Barrow Island
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in ground layer.
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 [233] (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 |