Nothomyrmecia macrops

Nothomyrmecia macrops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmeciinae
Tribus: Prionomyrmecini
Genus: Nothomyrmecia
Species: Nothomyrmecia macrops

Name

• Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark, 1934
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Nothomyrmecia macrops
  • Original genus: Nothomyrmecia Clark, 1934
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes (2)
    • Fixation: automatic ('Described from two examples ...')
    • Description: 2 workers
    • Repository: NMV (see p. 8, 'The types of the new forms are in the National Museum, Melbourne')
  • Type locality: 'Western Australia, Russell Range'
  • ZooBank

References

Primary references

• Clark, J. 1934. Notes on Australian ants, with descriptions of new species and a new genus. Memoirs of the National Museum Melbourne, (8): 5–20, plate I. PDF Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 19, and fig. 1]

Additional references

• Taylor, R.W. 1978: Nothomyrmecia macrops: a living-fossil ant rediscovered. Science, 201(4360): 979–985. DOI: 10.1126/science.201.4360.979 PDF
• Characterization of microsatellite loci in the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark.
• Novel exocrine glands in the hindleg tarsi of the ant Nothomyrmecia macrops.
• Polyandry and colony genetic structure in the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops.
• Daughters inherit colonies from mothers in the 'living-fossil' ant Nothomyrmecia macrops.
• Patterns of population subdivision and gene flow in the ant Nothomyrmecia macrops reflected in microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers.
• The larval and egg stages of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Links

• IUCN: Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark, 1934 (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

日本語: アカツキアリ