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small worker ant ID 14/6/2021

Started By SYUTEO , Jun 13 2021 10:36 PM

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#1 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 13 2021 - 10:36 PM

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1. Location (on a map) of collection: Malaysia
2. Date of collection: 14th June, 2021
3. Habitat of collection: Under a flower pot, there are baby millipedes present
4. Length (from head to gaster): 3 mm
5. Color, hue, pattern and texture: Bright orange, smooth exoskeleton
6. Distinguishing characteristics: Blind (no eyes), capable of stinging, clubbed antennae, one petiole node, more hairs are present on the gaster
7. Distinguishing behavior: Subterranean, unable to climb smooth surfaces, possibly nocturnal
8. Nest description: Unknown

9. Nuptial flight time and date: Unknown

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Edited by SYUTEO, June 13 2021 - 10:51 PM.

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 11:01 PM

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As far as I can see it is a hypoponera sp

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#3 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 13 2021 - 11:14 PM

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As far as I can see it is a hypoponera sp

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Wait, are Hypoponera subterranean ants?


Began antkeeping in 2018  :)

 

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#4 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 11:15 PM

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As far as I can see it is a hypoponera sp

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Wait, are Hypoponera subterranean ants?
Yes.

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#5 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 13 2021 - 11:21 PM

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As far as I can see it is a hypoponera sp

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Wait, are Hypoponera subterranean ants?
Yes.

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I always thought they forage above ground


Began antkeeping in 2018  :)

 

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#6 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 13 2021 - 11:22 PM

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As far as I can see it is a hypoponera sp

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk

Wait, are Hypoponera subterranean ants?
Yes.

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
I always thought they forage above ground


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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#7 Offline SYUTEO - Posted June 13 2021 - 11:29 PM

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lol I know almost nothing about Ponerine ants...


Edited by SYUTEO, June 13 2021 - 11:30 PM.

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#8 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 14 2021 - 3:30 AM

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They can forage aboveground, they often just go under debris and rocks, which I guess you could say is subterranean, but my point is that they don't strictly forage underground.


#9 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 14 2021 - 7:56 AM

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if you can get a good view of the petiole in profile as well as the post-petiolar process I can pull this to species.


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