Genus Chelaner Emery, 1914
- Chelaner Emery, C. 1914. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calèdonie et des Îles Loyalty. 393-437 pl. 13 in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Zoologie. Vol. 1 No. 11. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidels. [410] (described with subgeneric rank in Monomorium Mayr, 1855).
Type species:
Monomorium (Chelaner) forcipatum Emery, 1914 (see Emery, C. 1921) by subsequent designation, see Emery, C. 1921. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmecinae. In Wytsman, P. (ed.) Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 174C pp. 207–397 pls 30. - Schizopelta McAreavey, J.J. 1949. Australian Formicidae. New genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 74: 1-25 [15 June 1949] [14].
Type species:
Schizopelta falcata McAreavey, 1949 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
Carnarvon (CAR) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Burt Plain (BRT), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO) ; NSW, SA, WA: Mallee (MAL), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP) ; NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
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 [232] (reinstated as a valid genus based on morphological and molecular data)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 13-Oct-2021 | ADDED |