Amblyopone longidens
1 Slow Ant at Downer, ACT
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| Amblyopone longidens | JonLewis | 20 Sep 2021 | |
| Amblyopone sp. (genus) | JonLewis | 20 Sep 2021 | |
| Ponerinae (subfamily) | Roger | 20 Sep 2021 |
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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
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
20 Sep 2021
Thanks Jon, Its always nice to see something different, but as per-usual I got it wrong.
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
Location information
- Coordinates 149.088563-35.261967
- Altitude 672.3m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 14 Sep 2021 12:03 PM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Amblyopone longidens
Species information
- Amblyopone longidens Scientific name
- Slow Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 672.3m to 769.1m Recorded at altitude
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