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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:12:6505

Preserved specimen of Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, 1915 | Bull Ant recorded on 1985-04-16
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:12:6505
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Identified by Lowery, B.B.  
Individual count 4
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1985-04-16
Supplied as year:1985.0  month:4.0  day:16.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Myrmecia desertorum
Supplied scientific name "Myrmecia princeps"
Identified to rank species
Common name Bull Ant
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Myrmecia
Species Myrmecia desertorum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Wheeler, 1915
Supplied as Clark, J, 1951
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Oodnadatta
Latitude -27.55
Supplied as: "-27.55"
Longitude 135.44999
Supplied as: "135.44999"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Arid Lands
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Arid Lands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Arid Lands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Stony Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Stony Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Oodnadatta
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 LAKE EYRE
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated SA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. Far North
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 73
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 505
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH AND EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) EYRE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DUNJIBA (OODNADATTA)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT AUGUSTA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Saltbush and/or Bluebush shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 196.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 87.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 27.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 33.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.15
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.941668 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.06
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.09
    Elevation 120.0 m