A third species in the rare Australian ant genus Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author
Shattuck, Steven O
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-05-04
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.2646215
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Peronomyrmex overbecki
Viehmeyer
(
Figs 3, 4
,
7
)
Peronomyrmex overbecki
Viehmeyer 1922
:213
.
Types.
Holotype
worker,
Trial Bay
,
New South Wales
(Australian National Insect Collec
tion, examined).
FIGURES 3, 4.
Holotype worker of
Peronomyrmex overbecki
. Fig.3, head; Fig. 4, lateral view.
Comments. A second specimen of this species was recently (November, 2003) col lected in Brisbane by Chris Burwell of the
Queensland
Museum (pers. comm.). He hand collected the specimen at night, apparently from a tree trunk (although the specific collect ing details were not recorded). This nocturnal habit, combined with its likely arboreal for aging and nesting, helps explain why these ants are so infrequently encountered. See below for notes on separating this species from the similar
P. greavesi
.