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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:12:6422

Preserved specimen of Myrmecia mandibularis Smith, 1858 | Toothless Bull Ant recorded on 1986-03-31
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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:12:6422
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Identified by Lowery, B.B.  
Individual count 2
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1986-03-31
Supplied as year:1986.0  month:3.0  day:31.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Myrmecia mandibularis
Identified to rank species
Common name Toothless Bull Ant
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Myrmecia
Species Myrmecia mandibularis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Smith, 1858
Supplied as Smith, F., 1858
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Coffin Bay
Latitude -34.63333
Supplied as: "-34.63333"
Longitude 135.46665
Supplied as: "135.46665"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Coffin Bay
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Coffin Bay
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Talia
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EYRE PENINSULA
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lower Eyre Peninsula
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF LOWER EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 194
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 697
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Casuarina
    Forests of Australia 2018B Casuarina
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Casuarina Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Casuarina and Allocasuarina forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Casuarina forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Casuarina forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 510.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 243.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 66.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 250.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.07
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.8625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.44
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 4.0 m