Podomyrma gratiosa

1 Muscleman tree ant at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Podomyrma gratiosa	10 Apr 2017	samreid007
Podomyrma gratiosa	9 Apr 2017	David
Unidentified	9 Apr 2017	David

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MichaelMulvaney noted:

10 Apr 2017

First record of the species in our Region. It has been recorded around Sydney and Melbourne. It is a distinctive species and it would be good to know whether it's apparent rarity is environment related - It could be like several orchids whose only local known occurrences are on Black Mountain, or its rarity may be because of under reporting.

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samreid007 wrote:

10 Apr 2017

Great ant! This will be the first entry of this ant species in our region in the Atlas of Living Australia. It would be great if you could keep an eye out and see if you can get any more records, on Black Mountain or elsewhere. Thanks David.

David wrote:

10 Apr 2017

Thanks Sam. I photographed more of them on another tree nearby, but those photos didn't contain as clear an image of a single specimen as this one. I'll post that record tonight.

RogerF wrote:

10 Apr 2017

I have been checking ants on tree trunks for several years locally when compiling pictures for my book and have never seen it. Ants are notorious tramp species so could have been accidentally introduced locally like the bladder cicada.

David wrote:

10 Apr 2017

I didn't think they were that uncommon on Black Mountain, Roger. I should've logged them sooner. I found a nest under construction on O'Connor Ridge last year.

KimPullen wrote:

18 Apr 2017

It is not uncommon but not it's not very obvious either. It's a slow mover and seems to creep around in crevices mostly.

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1 Abundance
8 Apr 2017 02:53 PM Recorded on
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My flagged sightings Significant sightings Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) David

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Eucalypt trunk Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Podomyrma gratiosa Scientific name
Muscleman tree ant Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 834.88m Recorded at altitude
112 images trained Machine learning
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