Occurrence record: ANIC:32-029299

Preserved specimen of Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892 | White-footed Ant recorded on 1975-08-04

API

Dataset

Data partner	Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
Data resource	Australian National Insect Collection
Institution code	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection	Australian National Insect Collection Supplied collection code "ANIC"
Catalog number	32-029299
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Entomology:32-029299
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	whole body
Life stage	Adult
Associated Occurrence Status	Representative record
Associated occurrences	This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License	UNSPECIFIED
Rights holder	CSIRO
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Organism quantity	3
Collection	http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981
Associated records	REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date	1975-08-04
End day of year	216
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	216

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Technomyrmex difficilis
Identified to rank	species
Common name	White-footed Ant
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Formicidae
Genus	Technomyrmex
Species	Technomyrmex difficilis
Name match metric	exactMatch
Superfamily	Formicoidea
Scientific name authorship	Forel, 1892
Subfamily	Dolichoderinae
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Queensland
Locality	Cairns (general)
Latitude	-16.91667 Supplied as: "-16.9166700000"
Longitude	145.7667 Supplied as: "145.7667000000"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10000.0
Georeference sources	Gazetteer
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

Additional properties

sub order	Apocrita
caste	Worker

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
Show/Hide 93 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing georeference sources	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 5 missing properties
Missing geodetic datum	Missing
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 24 tests that have not been run
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Inferred associated occurrence details

This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/ala-dataquality/wiki/INFERRED_DUPLICATE_RECORD

Representative Record
Record UUID	ebad6da2-7101-493b-8da1-b8b4bc7889fc
Data Resource	Australian National Insect Collection
Raw Scientific Name	Technomyrmex difficilis
Coordinates	-16.91667,145.7667
Related records
Record UUID	a4df20a5-995e-46c1-a9ad-92e50331b13e
Data Resource
Raw Scientific Name	technomyrmex difficilis
Coordinates	-16.9167,145.767

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Wet Tropics
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Innisfail
NRM Regions 2010	Wet Tropics
NRM Regions 2017	Wet Tropics
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Wet Tropics
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Wet Tropics
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Wet Tropics
IBRA 7 Regions	Wet Tropics
IBRA 7 Subregions	Innisfail
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	North East Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 1	North East Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	MULGRAVE-RUSSELL RIVERS
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Cairns
Indigenous Locations 2021	Cairns - City
Indigenous Regions 2021	Cairns - Atherton
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Northern Queensland Region
Marine
States including coastal waters	Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Leichhardt
Electorates March 2025	Leichhardt
Local Government Areas 2011	Cairns (R)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Cairns - City
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	CAIRNS REGIONAL
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	1202
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	13706
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF QLD
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	CAIRNS CITY
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	CAIRNS - SOUTH
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	CAIRNS
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LEICHHARDT
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	CAIRNS
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	CAIRNS - CITY
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	CAIRNS - ATHERTON
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Outer Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	CAIRNS
PSMA States (2016)	QUEENSLAND
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Cairns
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Cairns City
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of Qld
Local Government Areas 2023	Cairns
Postal Areas 2021	4870
Remoteness Areas 2021	Outer Regional Australia
States and Territories 2021	Queensland
Statistical Areas Level 2	Cairns City
Statistical Areas Level 3	Cairns - South
Statistical Areas Level 4	Cairns
Tourism Regions 2021	Tropical North Queensland
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 open forests
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	259294.0 frequency
Species Richness	7198.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	2049.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	119.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	7.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	104.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	93.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	1075.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	121.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	1245.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	18.8 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	18.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	20.4 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	25.0 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	14.9 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	17.0 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	21.7 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	8.1 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	22.5 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.54 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	0.8
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	31.8 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	27.6 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	27.4 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	2019.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	96.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	25.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	96.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	89.73201 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	849.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	461.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	1180.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	24.933332 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	14.700001 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	16.9 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	21.666666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	8.116667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	21.666666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	55.215416 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	237.74828
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	31.6 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	27.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	27.283333 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	56.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.68
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Technomyrmex difficilis	Technomyrmex difficilis
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ec21b060-78e8-4a37-9e62-b8bef532b001
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b43fd9d8-c689-40e2-b223-af06334adbdc
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f17afa34-3ebb-4241-9434-7e43c3f1e7fd
	Order	Hymenoptera	Hymenoptera
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f17afa34-3ebb-4241-9434-7e43c3f1e7fd
	Superfamily	Formicoidea
	Genus	Technomyrmex	Technomyrmex
	Left		300587
	Scientific name authorship	Forel, 1892	Forel, 1892
	Subfamily	Dolichoderinae
	Taxon rank	Species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fe05a7d1-0f03-4c75-8ffa-e41b384bd34c
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		White-footed Ant
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7d8f6786-6ee2-4df1-9d34-1293bb2647aa
	Right		300587
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	difficilis
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/17c9fd64-3c07-4df5-a33d-eda1e065e99f
	Phylum	Arthropoda	Arthropoda
	Class	Insecta	Insecta
	Species		Technomyrmex difficilis
	Family	Formicidae	Formicidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Year		1975
	End day of year		216
	Month		8
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		216
	Day		4
	Event date	1975-08-04	1975-08-04
Occurrence	Associated occurrences		a4df20a5-995e-46c1-a9ad-92e50331b13e
	Rights holder		CSIRO
	Duplication status		R
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	32-029299
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2018-08-28	2018-08-28
	Organism quantity	3
	Collection code	ANIC
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Entomology:32-029299
	Collection ID	http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981
	Preparations	whole body
	Duplicate status		REPRESENTATIVE
	Institution code	CSIRO
	Life stage	Adult	{"concept": "Adult", "lineage": ["Adult"]}
Attribution	Data resource		Australian National Insect Collection
	Collection		Australian National Insect Collection
	License		UNSPECIFIED
	Data provider uid		dp17
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr130	dr130
	Institution ID		in6
	Data partner		Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
	Institution		Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co13
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-16.9166700000	-16.91667
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Cairns (general)	Cairns (general)
	Decimal longitude	145.7667000000	145.7667
	State province	Queensland	Queensland
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Continent	Oceania
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10000.0000000000	10000.0
	Lga	Cairns (R)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326
	Georeference sources	Gazetteer

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