Species Melophorus rufoniger Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melophorus rufoniger Heterick, B.E., Castalanelli, M. & Shattuck, S.O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700: 1–420 [122].
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/CCA679CB-872D-4EAB-A6DB-B72E3E291CE2

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 32-066663 Minor worker (bottom ant), Koonamore, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 17 specimens (also in ANIC, WAM, SAM), various localities.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	Melophorini Forel, 1912	22-May-2018	ADDED