Species Podomyrma basalis Smith, 1859
- Podomyrma basalis Smith, F. 1859. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr A.R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 3: 132-178 [Date published 1 Feb. 1859] [147].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH *W, Aru, Indonesia. - Podomyrma striata nigra Stitz, H. 1938. Neue Ameisen aus dem indo-malayischen Gebiet. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1938: 99-122 [102].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown W, PNG.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Taylor, R.W. 1999. Nomenclatural changes in the Australian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 34: 173-174 [173]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also in Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest arboreal.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 14-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-May-2010 | MODIFIED |