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Occurrence record: Entomology:K.90117

Preserved specimen of Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) | Green Tree Ant recorded on 1971-12-18
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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.90117
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:6087708","urn:catalog:AM:Entomology:K.90117"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Entomology:K.90117
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Smith, Mr Derek John - Australian Museum - Science  
Identified date 1998
Collector 1.  Mcalpine, K. David   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Science  
Supplied as "McAlpine, Dr. David K. - Australian Museum - Science"
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Malaise Trap]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1998

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:6057756
Occurrence date 1971-12-18
Sampling protocol Malaise Trap  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Oecophylla smaragdina
Supplied scientific name "Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Green Tree Ant
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Oecophylla
Species Oecophylla smaragdina
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
Scientific name authorship (Fabricius, 1775)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Fabricius, 1775)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -12.74544
Supplied as: "-12.74544"
Longitude 143.27779
Supplied as: "143.27779"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Claudie River, near Lamond Hill
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Claudie River, near Lamond Hill (12° 44' 44" S, 143° 16' 40" E) 18/12/1971 - 18/12/1971, McAlpine, Dr. David K. - Australian Museum - Science(Collector), Malaise Trap";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 44' 43.6" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 16' 40.1" E

Additional properties

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

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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 67bd2b0a-5af0-413b-a583-f93dfe89478a
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
    Coordinates -12.74544,143.27779
    Related records
    Record UUID d44bc2d0-8107-4c15-abb0-bc7c1c42dcfe
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
    Coordinates -12.74544,143.27779
    Record UUID cfbe3bf2-1a2e-4d8c-8e24-ace62ffea7c2
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
    Coordinates -12.74544,143.27779
    Record UUID 9cc321f0-4b56-4fcf-919a-e738930e2657
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
    Coordinates -12.74544,143.27779
    Record UUID 744690ec-ee5a-4189-b7b3-7a47a61cd827
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
    Coordinates -12.74544,143.27779
    Record UUID c76d4707-53f2-4750-8e81-b419a9dcd8f4
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775)
    Coordinates -12.74544,143.27779

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Coen-Yambo Inlier
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 LOCKHART RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Iron Range, Portland Roads and Islands ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 220
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 629
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LOCKHART RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LOCKHART RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Dry rainforest or vine thickets
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1966.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 103.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 64.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 802.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1177.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.56
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.7375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 62.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.63
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 20.0 m