Species Chelaner sculpturatum (Clark, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Monomorium (Notomyrmex) sculpturatum Clark, J. 1934. Ants from the Otway Ranges. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 8: 48-73 [59 pl. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, Beech Forest, VIC.

Generic Combinations

• Chelaner sculpturatum (Clark, 1934). —
  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, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

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 [233] (formerly Monomorium Mayr, 1855)

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