Species Chelaner bicorne (Forel, 1907)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Monomorium bicorne Forel, A. 1907. Formicidae. pp. 263–310 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 1. [276].

  Type data:

   Holotype probably destroyed in ZMH in WW II, Grooseberry (=Gooseberry) Hill, WA.
• Chelaner macareaveyi 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] [nom. nov. for Monomorium (Holcomyrmex) niger McAreavey, 1949].
• Monomorium (Holcomyrmex) niger 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] [12] [non Holcomyrmex criniceps nigrum Forel, 1902].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC W, Nyngan, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Heterick, B.E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 353-459 [370]

Generic Combinations

• Chelaner bicorne (Forel, 1907). —
  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

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

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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