Muscleman Tree Ant at Lyneham, ACT
Identification history
| Podomyrma sp. (genus) | 21 Aug 2024 | JonLewis | ||
| Podomyrma adelaidae | 21 Aug 2024 | SteveBorkowskis | ||
| Podomyrma gratiosa | 21 Aug 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Aug 2024 | trevorpreston |
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1 comment
JonLewis
wrote:
21 Aug 2024
Hi Steve, you may well be right about this ant being Podomyrma adelaidae, as the two spots on the gaster are supposed to be diagnostic, but the pale markings we can see on the gaster of this specimen are found occasionally in quite a lot of ants. The other things that make me doubt that it is Podomyrma adelaidae are that the species usually has a much darker gaster than body, and the head in this specimen seems to have fairly coarse sculpturing rather than the relatively fine parallel striations normally seen in P. adelaidae. There are probably around 10 species of Podomyrma around the ACT (at least six species in Mulligan's Flat/Goorooyaroo alone), so I have left the sighting at genus level. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.130798-35.255173
- Altitude 612.0m
- Maps Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South City Renewal Authority Area Lyneham Wetland
- Places Lyneham, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Aug 2024 12:51 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Gum tree Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Podomyrma sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Muscleman Tree Ant Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 813m Recorded at altitude
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