Subspecies Papyrius nitidus nitidus (Mayr, 1862)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Iridomyrmex nitida Mayr, G.L. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: Abhand. 649-776 pl. 19 [702 pl. 19].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW (probable) *W, Australia (as New Holland).
• Acantholepis tuberculatus Lowne, B.T. 1865. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. The Entomologist 2: 331-336 [332].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (probable) *W, Sidney (=Sydney), NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dalla Torre, C.G. de 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Lipsiae : G. Engelmann 289 pp. [169]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes