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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:2024:12:4788

Preserved specimen of Myrmecia forficata (Fabricius, 1787) | Inchman Bulldog Ant recorded on 2016-01-24
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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:2024:12:4788
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations pin
Identified by Fearn, Simon  
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 2016-01-24
Supplied as year:2016  month:01  day:24.0 
End day of year 24
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 24

Taxonomy

Scientific name Myrmecia forficata
Identified to rank species
Common name Inchman Bulldog Ant
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Myrmecia
Species Myrmecia forficata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Fabricius, 1787)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Waratah
Habitat
Supplied as "eucalypt forest"
Latitude -41.819236
Supplied as: "-41.819236"
Longitude 145.160011
Supplied as: "145.160011"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources GPS
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim coordinates 55G 381161 5423325

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 01d9e859-22d3-46cc-8a6b-d60be526588b
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.819236,145.160011
    Related records
    Record UUID 384470af-78a2-4f1b-81d6-862faec6a7c7
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.819236,145.160011
    Record UUID ad98e476-b069-441a-994d-55cbda98c378
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.819236,145.160011
    Record UUID e53901e4-bd22-48d9-aacf-d9781f0f4b3d
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.819236,145.160011
    Record UUID da361b7a-49fa-476c-b096-c945cb466cb2
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.819236,145.160011
    Record UUID b1f311ba-ebc9-484e-b4e6-21f3c277f422
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.819236,145.160011
    Record UUID d36af3af-40c0-4a54-8be1-026b7f018dda
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.819236,145.160011
    Record UUID 6f2f689b-29eb-4639-8f57-f8243c0b115b
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.819236,145.160011

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mount Heemskirk
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mount Heemskirk
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Mount Heemskirk
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian West
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) West
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Subregions West
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PIEMAN RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Coast (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST COAST COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ZEEHAN - FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Coast
    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 Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sedgelands, rushs or reeds
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 838.0 frequency
    Species Richness 213.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2081.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 703.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 337.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 338.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 62.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 703.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 54.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 17.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.93
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 7.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1931.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 643.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 88.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 307.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 28.806585 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 307.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 225.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 643.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.8333335 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.116667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.102882 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 282.9177
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 7.8333335 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 1.0
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 229.0 m