Amblyopone longidens

1 Slow Ant at Downer, ACT

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Identification history

Amblyopone longidens	20 Sep 2021	JonLewis
Amblyopone sp. (genus)	20 Sep 2021	JonLewis
Ponerinae (subfamily)	20 Sep 2021	Roger

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I found these ants under a stone, I don't think I have photographed these before, under the same stone were a colony of seed harvesting ants or are they both the same species?

3 comments

JonLewis wrote:

20 Sep 2021

Congratulations Roger, a new species for CNM! I haven't seen this species around the region before, but there are a fair number of collections around Canberra, Black Mountain and the region. Thanks! Jon

Roger wrote:

20 Sep 2021

Thanks Jon, Its always nice to see something different, but as per-usual I got it wrong.

JonLewis wrote:

20 Sep 2021

Actually Roger, you didn't really get it wrong - the genus Amblyopone was in the subfamily Ponerinae for a very long time and was moved into the subfamily Amblyoponinae only in 2003 - so you would have been completely correct 18 years ago! Also, another reason to thank you for the sighting is that it made me go back and look at all the other Amblyopone sightings and allocate what I could to species level, so I've learned two things today. Cheers, Jon

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