Mitchell Falls (laterite)
Basic information
Sample name: Mitchell Falls (laterite)

Reference: A. N. Andersen, J. Lanoue, and I. Radford. 2010. The ant fauna of the remote Mitchell Falls area of tropical north-western Australia: biogeography, environmental relationships and conservation significance. Journal of Insect Conservation 14(6):647-661 [ER 2122]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: Western Australia

Coordinate: 15° 48' S, 126° 41' E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in and around Mitchell River National Park... The laterite sites were located along a 30 km stretch of the Port Warrender Rd., which runs parallel to, approximately 15 km east of, the Mitchell River"

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: recent fire

MAP: 1550.0

Habitat comments: "most of the 1550 mm mean annual rainfall "occurs "during the summer wet season (November–April)"; samples are from "the lateritic Mitchell plateau, supporting eucalypt-dominated open forest on red loams"

Methods
Life forms: ants

Sampling methods: quadrat, pitfall traps

Sample size: 17865 individuals

Years: 2007

Days: 4

Seasons: dry

Nets or traps: 320

Net or trap nights: 1280

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "Ants were sampled using 40 pitfall traps" at each of eight sites; "Thirty-six traps were placed at 5 m intervals along the perimeter of a 50 m × 40 m plot, with the remaining four at the corners of a 20 m × 20 m square within the centre of the plot... Traps were operated for 4-day periods in June (sandstone sites) and July (laterite sites) 2007"

Metadata
Sample no: 2100

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-06-16 13:25:26

Modified: 2018-06-30 11:01:18

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
113 species
24 singletons
total count 17865
geometric series index: 164.1
Fisher's α: 16.116
geometric series k: 0.9285
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8906
Shannon's H: 2.7873
Good's u: 0.9987
Register
Myrmecia desertorum 49
Brachyponera lutea 6
Hypoponera sp. A 1
Odontomachus turneri 24
Odontomachus ? ruficeps 3
Rythidoponera aurata 17
Rythidoponera cerastes 257
Rythidoponera sp. 2 (aurata gp.) 207
Rythidoponera sp. D (tenuis gp.) 22
Rythidoponera sp. G (reticulata gp.) 1
Rythidoponera sp. J (taurus gp.) 23
Rythidoponera sp. K (borealis complex) 49
Rythidoponera sp. L (convexa gp.) 11
Aphaenogaster kimberleyensis 219
Cardiocondyla atalanta 104
Crematogaster queenslandica 7
Crematogaster queenslandica 54
Crematogaster sp. 2 (australis complex) 3
Crematogaster sp. A (queenslandica gp.) 5
Meranoplus berrimah 6
Meranoplus sp. 13 (aureolus complex) 1
Meranoplus sp. G 1
Meranoplus sp. J 2
Meranoplus sp. K (Group C) 4
Monomorium andersini 496
Monomorium ? fieldi 392
Monomorium sp. 8 (carinatum gp.) 50
Monomorium sp. 13 (nigrius gp.) 1
Monomorium sp. 14 (nigrius gp.) 409
Monomorium sp. 22 (laeve gp.) 49
Monomorium sp. 24 (laeve gp.) 1866
Monomorium sp. 33 (laeve gp.) 577
Monomorium sp. 35 (rothsteini gp.) 81
Monomorium sp. 37 (nigrius gp.) 640
Monomorium sp. E (insolescens gp.) 22
Monomorium sp. F (laeve gp.) 17
Monomorium sp. P (sordidum gp.) 2424
Monomorium sp. R (carinatum gp.) 2
Monomorium sp. S (bifidum complex) 1
Monomorium sp. T (insolescens gp.) 4
Monomorium sp. U (sordidum gp.) 11
Pheidole impressiceps 723
Pheidole sp. 3 (variabilis gp.) 176
Pheidole sp. B (Group F) 4
Pheidole sp. F (Group B) 1
Pheidole sp. G (ampla gp.) 1
Pheidole sp. J (Group K) 1
Pheidole sp. K (variabilis gp.) 11
Pheidole sp. M (Group C) 1
Pheidole sp. O (longiceps gp.) 18
Solenopsis sp. 1 21
Strumigenys sutrix 5
Tetramorium lanuginosum 1
Tetramorium sp. 1 (striolatum gp.) 83
Tetramorium sp. 2 (striolatum gp.) 1
Tetramorium sp. F (striolatum gp.) 62
Tetramorium sp. L (Group A) 10
Froggattella kirbii 76
Iridomyrmex sanguineus 4079
Iridomyrmex pallidus 12
Iridomyrmex reburrus 9
Iridomyrmex sp. 1 (anceps gp.) 2424
Iridomyrmex sp. 3 (mjobergi gp.) 2
Iridomyrmex sp. 4 (coeruleus gp.) 36
Iridomyrmex sp. 7 (bicknelli gp.) 83
Iridomyrmex sp. 8 (bicknelli gp.) 10
Iridomyrmex sp. 12 (pallidus gp.) 2
Ochetellus sp. 1 (glaber gp.) 113
Papyrius sp. 1 (nitidus gp.) 1
Tapinoma sp. A (minutum gp.) 3
Tapinoma sp. B (minutum gp.) 22
Acropyga sp. A 1
Acropyga sp. B 2
Camponotus crozieri 1
Camponotus dromas 5
Camponotus humilior 14
Camponotus novaehollandiae 60
Camponotus rubiginosus 90
Camponotus sp. 9 (novaehollandiae gp.) 940
Camponotus sp. B (rubiginosus gp.) 7
Camponotus sp. G (discors gp.) 16
Camponotus sp. I (subnitidus gp.) 5
Camponotus sp. J (pellax gp.) 2
Camponotus sp. P (Group D) 2
Camponotus sp. R (rubiginosus gp.) 5
Camponotus sp. S (novaehollandiae gp.) 22
Camponotus sp. U (aureopilus gp.) 5
Camponotus sp. V (discors gp.) 1
Camponotus sp. W (pellax gp.) 2
Melophorus sp. 1 (aeneovirens gp.) 39
Melophorus sp. 12 (mjobergi gp.) 4
Melophorus sp. 25 (fieldi gp.) 3
Melophorus sp. 30 (fieldi gp.) 8
Melophorus sp. 36 (mjobergi gp.) 121
Melophorus sp. A (Group A) 4
Melophorus sp. E (froggatti gp.) 26
Melophorus sp. M (Group D) 2
Melophorus sp. O (Group A) 1
Oecophylla smaragdina 7
Opisthopsis haddoni 26
Opisthopsis rufoniger 68
Paratrechina longicornis 6
Paratrechina sp. 4 (vaga gp.) 1
Paratrechina sp. B (minutula gp.) 29
Paratrechina sp. D (vaga gp.) 48
Polyrhachis bohemia 1
Polyrhachis gab 165
Polyrhachis inconspicua 12
Polyrhachis melanura 1
Polyrhachis schenkii 1
Polyrhachis schenkii 1
Polyrhachis sp. F (schwiedlandi gp.) 1
Stigmacros aciculata 1