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Occurrence record: Entomology:HYM99167

Preserved specimen of Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) | Green Tree Ant recorded on 1991-01-30
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Entomology and Arachnology Collection
Supplied collection code "Entomology"
Catalog number HYM99167
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Entomology:PreservedSpecimen:HYM99167
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations pinned
Identified by James Buxton - AgriBio  
Collector Lawrence J. Cookson
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Life stage queen
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2024-03-01
Supplied as 01/03/2024

Event

Occurrence date 1991-01-30
Supplied date "1991-01-30T00:00:00\1991-01-30T00:00:00"
End day of year 30
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 30

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Arthropoda | Hexapoda | Insecta | Hymenoptera | Vespoidea | Formicidae | Formicinae
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 canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Fabricius, 1775)
Supplied as Fabricius, 1775
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Surveyor Creek
Latitude -18.3
Supplied as: "-18.3"
Longitude 142.7
Supplied as: "142.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Surveyor Creek
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 4fc6c13b-ce38-477f-bff6-69cff0e11a5b
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
    Coordinates -18.3,142.7
    Related records
    Record UUID b5e9f37e-a334-4fde-a544-a505fded3fda
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
    Coordinates -18.3,142.7
    Record UUID d5eb03bd-f74f-4d54-8804-a46c37fc819d
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775
    Coordinates -18.3,142.7

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Georgetown-Croydon
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLINDERS-NORMAN RIVERS
    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 Tagalaka People Exploration Permit Backlog Project
    Local Government Areas 2011 Etheridge (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Etheridge
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ETHERIDGE SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Tagalaka People #2
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 57
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1654
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CROYDON - ETHERIDGE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KURANDA - CROYDON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ETHERIDGE TABLELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1276.0 frequency
    Species Richness 356.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 705.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 126.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 288.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 525.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.56 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.15
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.2 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.3
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.86
    Elevation 187.0 m