Genus Epopostruma Forel, 1895

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epopostruma Forel, A. 1895. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie, récoltée à The Ridge, Mackay, Queensland par M. Gilbert Turner. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 39: 417-428 [422] [described with subgeneric rank in Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860].

  Type species:

   Strumigenys (Epopostruma) quadrispinosa Forel, 1895 by subsequent designation, see Wheeler, W.M. 1911. A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21: 157-175 [17 Oct. 1911].
• Hexadaceton Brown, W.L. jr 1948. A preliminary generic revision of the higher Dacetini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74: 101-129 [27 July 1948] [120].

  Type species:

   Hexadaceton frosti Brown, 1948 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1973. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. pp. 161–185 in Meggers, B.J., Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. (eds) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press. [177]

 

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), 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), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NT: Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; SA, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Hampton (HAM)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Aug-2012		25-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		14-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		25-May-2010	MODIFIED