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Bronze-tailed spiny ants

Polyrhachis sp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Small ants with abdomens that reflect a satin gold colour. About 10mm long overall. Moving in lines and seemed to be coming out of the base of a burnt eucalyptus.

Habitat:

In a recently burnt part of a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Old-world ant family. Still searching for species... <br>
http://anic.ento.csiro.au/ants/key.aspx?keyid=30 <br>
family: FORMICIDAE <br>
subfamily: Formicinae <br>
genus: Polyrhachis <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4b…

Reference Links:

Polyrhachis | Atlas of Living Australia

Species ID Suggestions

Dolichoderus Ants

Dolichoderus scabridus

Reference Link
ArisL
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Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Brilliant Leanne. Thanks for making me put my glasses on and seeing the spines. Definitely the same genus.
LeanneGardner
These are lovely Mark! I have spotted ants with a similar coloured bum, though they are quite different...... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10986205. Beautiful!
Mark Ridgway
I presume they are Aussie ants so they deserve it... until I have a real ID :-)
Neil Ross
Haha. Are they really called that, or are you just joshing. Very Aussie of them if they are.

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PublishedApril 12, 2014

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