Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Ponera metallica Smith, 1858a PDF: 94 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia). Australasia. Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Brown, 1958g PDF: 275). Type-locality: lectotype Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, “Smith coll. pres. by Mrs Farren White. 99-103” (no collector’s name). Type-depository: BMNH. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: BMNH. Type notes: The original syntype queen has apparently been lost.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Roger, 1860 PDF: 308;
Mayr, 1862 PDF: 732;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 410;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 17;
Mayr, 1865 PDF: 72;
Lowne, 1865b: 334;
Mayr, 1866b PDF: 891;
Mayr, 1876 PDF: 90 (in key);
Mayr, 1886c PDF: 358;
Emery, 1887f PDF: 444;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 24;
Forel, 1907j PDF: 270;
Wheeler, 1909a PDF: 26;
Emery, 1911e PDF: 39;
Stitz, 1911a PDF: 354;
Emery, 1912a PDF: 78;
Emery, 1914a PDF: 180;
Forel, 1915b PDF: 14;
Wheeler, 1915h PDF: 805;
Crawley, 1918 PDF: 88;
Poulton, 1922: 121;
Clark, 1928c: 40;
Wheeler, 1935g: 10;
Clark, 1938: 362;
Brown, 1958g PDF: 204, 275;
Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 20, 102;
Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45;
Taylor, 1987a PDF: 69;
Bolton, 1995b: 380;
Don, 2007: 81;
Heterick, 2009 PDF: 140;
Camacho et al., 2022 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF: 12.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Oceania: Australia,
New Zealand Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Australasia Native to (according to species list records)
: Australasia bioregion
Distribution Notes:
Napier city
Biology:
urban areas
Notes:
first record in NZ; 1959 (Taylor 1961)
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 7 times found in dry sclerophyll, 5 times found in Mallee and Triodia on sand dune, 4 times found in roadside, 4 times found in mallee, 3 times found in native veg., rural environ., 3 times found in wet sclerophyll, 2 times found in Banksia, eucalyptus shrubs, 2 times found in grassland, 2 times found in mallee and spinifex on sand, 2 times found in wet sclerophyll forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 7 times under stone, 7 times Stray ground foragers, 6 times nest in soil, 6 times ground forager, 2 times On grd, 3 times Ground nest, 3 times under rock, 3 times soil, 2 times litter, 2 times leaf litter, 2 times Ground foragers, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 6 times Pitfall, 2 times search, 1 times By hand, 1 times direct collection, 2 times ex pitfall trap, 1 times berlesate.
Elevations: collected from 3 - 1000 meters, 332 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1913-12-31 00:00:00.0 and 2014-07-08 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Holotype of Chalcoponera pulchra: antweb1008158; Lectotype of Rhytidoponera metallica: casent0900527; Paratype: sam-hym-c005170, sam-hym-c005171; syntype: anic32-011948; syntype of Rhytidoponera caeciliae: casent0915139; syntype of Rhytidoponera metallica varians: casent0915140; syntype of Rhytidoponera metallica varians: casent0907159; type of Rhytidoponera caeciliae: focol2887, focol2888
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