Shining Coconut Ant at Point 4598
Identification history
| Papyrius nitidus | 9 Aug 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 19 Jul 2018 | CathB |
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A winged coconut ant. Several winged ants seen through gaps in tunnel, but these were the only photos I was able to get. Once the ants sense being observed they usually retreat to their tunnels as seen in images 2 and 3.
Many trees, all stringybarks, with ant tunnels in this area. Area burnt in 2014.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
20 Jul 2018
Thanks Kath I am wondering whether the Aranda open forest have a different species of Papyrus than what we are finding in the Box-Gum woodland - will try and get some-body that knows more than me to look at photos.
Thanks
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
9 Aug 2018
Checked with Suzi Bond who asked at the National Insect Collection. There probably is a complex of coconut ant species, but the taxonomic work is yet to be done, so we will treat them as one species on Canberra Nature Map
Location information
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalyptus macrorhynca Associated plant
Species information
- Papyrius nitidus Scientific name
- Shining Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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