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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:2024:12:4684

Preserved specimen of Myrmecia forficata (Fabricius, 1787) | Inchman Bulldog Ant recorded on 2015-05-16
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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:2024:12:4684
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 2015-05-16
Supplied as year:2015  month:05  day:16.0 
End day of year 136
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 136

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 Holwell
Habitat
Supplied as "mixed forest"
Latitude -41.300752
Supplied as: "-41.300752"
Longitude 146.773621
Supplied as: "146.773621"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources GPS
Terrestrial true
Elevation 540
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim coordinates 55G 481048 5427831

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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 012b07d9-ea53-48e3-8d72-5faa8d722569
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.300752,146.773621
    Related records
    Record UUID 4a056bf1-2f42-4fd8-b7c2-3adf7788cf7f
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.300752,146.773621
    Record UUID 3c60e5d5-2657-42dd-8307-1589691e8802
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Myrmecia forficata
    Coordinates -41.300752,146.773621

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Northern Slopes
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Slopes
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TAMAR 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 Tamar (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Tamar - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST TAMAR COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1085
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BEAUTY POINT - BEACONSFIELD
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MEANDER VALLEY - WEST TAMAR
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BASS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WEST TAMAR - LATROBE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WEST TAMAR
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ROSEVEARS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Tamar
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt tall open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1679.0 frequency
    Species Richness 434.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1214.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 444.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 175.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 178.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 444.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 52.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 1.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 5.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 5.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1094.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 389.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 43.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 166.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 33.093708 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 166.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 141.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 389.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 10.2875 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 2.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 6.383333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.208333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.333333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.72287 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 321.84216
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 19.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.333333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 6.383333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.86
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 415.0 m