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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:12:6479

Preserved specimen of Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, 1915 | Bull Ant recorded on 1983-08-12
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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:12:6479
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Identified by Lowery, B.B.  
Individual count 3
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1983-08-12
Supplied as year:1983.0  month:8.0  day:12.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Myrmecia desertorum
Supplied scientific name "Myrmecia lutea"
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 Crawley, 1922
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Dongara
Latitude -29.25
Supplied as: "-29.25"
Longitude 114.93333
Supplied as: "114.93333"
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 Northern Agricultural
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Agricultural Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Agricultural Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Geraldton Sandplains
    IBRA 7 Regions Geraldton Sandplains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Geraldton Hills
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GREENOUGH RIVER
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Irwin (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Irwin
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF IRWIN
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 5
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 373
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) IRWIN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MID WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) IRWIN - MORAWA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) IRWIN - MORAWA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) GERALDTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MOORE, AG
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN 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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 467.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 242.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 269.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.48
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.183332 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.33
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.85
    Elevation 11.0 m