Platythyrea parallela
Acton, ACT
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| Platythyrea parallela | JonLewis | 10 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 10 Mar 2025 |
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User's notes
Possibly Tetraponera, Black Tree Ant? A lone ant, very fast and active, and constantly on the move on the side of a tree.
1 comment
10 Mar 2025
Thanks Tim, a new species on NatureMapr for Canberra & Southern Tablelands! There are only a few records of this ant, but I have seen two species during surveys around the Canberra region, so they are around, if not very common. And this one is a queen - you can just see where the wings used to join the body. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106690-35.275047
- Altitude 629.6m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Mar 2025 12:05 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects Platythyrea parallela
Species information
- Platythyrea parallela Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 13.67m to 629.6m Recorded at altitude
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