Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica macrocephala Erichson, 1842 PDF: 259 (q.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Australasia. Primary type information: Primary type material: neotype major worker (by designation of
Shattuck & McArthur, 1995: 122). Primary type locality: Australia: Tasmania, 5 km. E Low Head, 10.vi.1992 (
B.B. Lowery). Primary type depository: ANIC. Type notes: Original type data: holotype queen, Australia (New Holland”): Tasmania (“Vandiemensland”) (
A. Scheyer); specimen lost, not in MNHU.
AntCat AntWiki Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Smith, 1858a PDF: 37;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 417;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 201;
Taylor & Brown, 1985: 100;
Shattuck, 1992a PDF: 16;
Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 107;
Shattuck & McArthur, 1995: 122;
McArthur & Shattuck, 2001 PDF: 38 (redescription);
McArthur, 2007b PDF: 304;
McArthur, 2010: 32;
McArthur, 2012: 142;
McArthur, 2014: 48.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Oceania: Australia Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Australasia
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in mangrove, 2 times found in dry sclero, coastal scrub.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times ex dead twig, 2 times in dead wood on eucalyptus.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times hand.
Elevations: collected at 5 m
Collect Date Range: collected between 1982-06-10 00:00:00.0 and 2006-08-15 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: neotype of Colobopsis macrocephala: casent0172179; Not Provided: casent0753146; syntype of Camponotus fictor: casent0910583, casent0910584; syntype of Colobopsis rufifrons semicarinata: casent0910592
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