Melophorus sp. (genus) (Furnace ant)
This genus of ant is very common in hot arid environments - they love the heat. There are many species - nearly 100 based on morphology and possibly many times this number based on genetics, Around the ACT there are about half a dozen species and they tend to be active during the warmer parts of the day during the warmer parts of the year. They are mainly seed eaters.
Melophorus sp. (genus) is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Melophorus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Furnace ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 898m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Maps
ANBG Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Coornartha Nature Reserve Crace Grasslands Mount Painter QPRC LGA Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Umbagong District Park -
Places
Bruce, ACT Carwoola, NSW Cook, ACT Deakin, ACT Dunlop, ACT Glen Fergus, NSW Hackett, ACT Higgins, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Latham, ACT Mitchell, ACT Paddys River, ACT
