Species Podomyrma adelaidae (Smith, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Myrmica adelaidae Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum 216 pp. 14 pls. [27 Mar. 1858] [128].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH *W, Adelaide, SA.
• Podomyrma micans sericeiventris Emery, C. 1898. Descrizioni di formiche nuove Malesi e Australiane. Note sinonimiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna ns 2: 231-245 [235].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG *W,Q, unknown locality.
• Podomyrma bimaculata Forel, A. 1901. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma-, und Echinopla-Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 18: 45-82 [57].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W,Q, Kalgoorlie, WA; ANIC W, Kalgoorlie, WA.
• Podomyrma bimaculata brevidentata Forel, A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(no.16): 1-119, pls 1-3 [Date published 4 Dec. 1915] [49].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GMNH W, Kimberley distr., WA
  Comment: other syntypes may exist.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Emery, C. 1922. Hymenoptera Fam. Formicidae Subfam. Myrmicinae. In Wytsman, P. (ed.) Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 174C pp. 207–397. [237]
• Taylor, R.W. 1999. Nomenclatural changes in the Australian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 34: 173-174 [173]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest arboreal.

History of changes