Species Melophorus perthensis Wheeler, 1934

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• Melophorus turneri perthensis 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] [152] [status revised by Heterick et al. (2017), removed from subspecies status in M. turneri].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ MCZ-ENT 00303602 major and minor workers, Rottnest Island and Kings Park, Western Australia.

Introduction

Raised to full species status by Heterick et al. (2017).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Granivore, hummock grassland, noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes