Species Myrmecorhynchus nitidus Clark, 1934

Museums

Regional Maps

• Myrmecorhynchus nitidus Clark, J. 1934. New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 8: 21-47 [44 pls 2-3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q,M, Cheltenham, VIC and Canberra, ACT.

Introduction

Shattuck (2015) revised the diagnosis and discussed species distribution.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest arboreal.

General References

Shattuck, S.O. 2015. A review of the ant genus Myrmecorhynchus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3955(2): 283–290 [289]

History of changes