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Occurrence record: Entomology:K.90332

Preserved specimen of Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, 1915 | Bull Ant
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Entomology Collection
Supplied collection code "Entomology"
Catalog number K.90332
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:6087622","urn:catalog:AM:Entomology:K.90332"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Entomology:K.90332
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Smith, Mr Derek John - Australian Museum - Science  
Identified date 1998
Collector Field, J.F.  
Supplied as "Field, J. F."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1998

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:6044864
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Myrmecia desertorum
Supplied scientific name "Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, 1915"
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
Accepted name Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, 1915
Scientific name authorship Wheeler, 1915
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Wheeler, 1915

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -19.65
Supplied as: "-19.65"
Longitude 134.183
Supplied as: "134.183"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Tennant Creek
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Northern Territory, Tennant Creek (19° 39' S, 134° 11' E), Field, J. F.(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 19° 39' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134° 11' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/3/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Davenport Murchison Ranges
    IBRA 7 Regions Davenport Murchison Ranges
    IBRA 7 Subregions Ashburton Range
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 VICTORIA RIVER-WISO
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Town of Tennant Creek ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Barkly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tennant Creek
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARKLY REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 708
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1536
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TENNANT CREEK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TENNANT CREEK TOWN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TENNANT CREEK EXC. TOWN CAMPS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TENNANT CREEK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 420.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 229.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 288.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.59
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.504168 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.28
    Elevation 385.0 m