New Australian Ants of the Genus Orectognathus, With Summary Description of the Twenty-Nine Known Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 27 (5) , 773-788
- https://doi.org/10.1071/zo9790773
Abstract
The new species Orectognathus kanangra (New South Wales), Orectognathus alligator and Orectognathus coccinatus (Queensland) are described. Notes are given on variation and distribution of some previously described species. These include the first Western Australian record of the genus. O. sarasini Emery (New Caledonia) is illustrated, and coded descriptions of all 29 known Orectognathus species are presented.Keywords
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- The Ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk IslandProceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1927