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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:2024:12:4894

Preserved specimen of Myrmecia forficata (Fabricius, 1787) | Inchman Bulldog Ant recorded on 2020-09-06
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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:2024:12:4894
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations pin
Identified by Fearn, Simon  
Individual count 4
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 2020-09-06
Supplied as year:2020  month:09  day:6.0 
End day of year 250
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 250

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 Cape Tourville
Habitat
Supplied as "eucalypt woodland"
Latitude -42.120846
Supplied as: "-42.120846"
Longitude 148.338047
Supplied as: "148.338047"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources GPS
Terrestrial true
Elevation 113
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim coordinates 55G 610605 5335940

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Freycinet
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Freycinet
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Freycinet
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    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 Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLAMORGAN-SPRING BAY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TRIABUNNA - BICHENO
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLAMORGAN - SPRING DAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 11191.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1697.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 727.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 175.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 161.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 190.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 220.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.96
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 731.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 188.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 160.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 17.631271 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 84.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 220.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.525 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.599999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.033334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.77778 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 266.14673
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 14.566667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98