Species Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
- Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, J. 1883. Observations on Ants, Bees and Wasps - Part X. With a Description of a New Genus of Honey-Ant. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 41-52 [17 Apr. 1883] [52 pl. 2 figs 1-10].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH (probable) *W, Australia (lat. 21 S) [sic]. - Camponotus cowlei Froggatt, W.W. 1896. Honey ants. pp. 385–392 in Spencer, B. (ed.) Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade Pt. 2 Zoology. [385].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM major workers (assumed) and queen on separate pins, Spencer Gorge, McDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, J. 1930. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 43: 2-25 [30 Aug. 1930] [22]
Introduction
See Heterick et al. (2017) for details of taxonomic history of Camponotus cowlei.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread in NT and WA.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, granivore, hummock grassland, noctidiurnal, omnivore, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in soil.
General References
Heterick, B.E., Castalanelli, M. & Shattuck, S.O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700: 1–420
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | Melophorini Forel, 1912 | 24-May-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | 21-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 18-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-May-2010 | MODIFIED |