I was just wondering if there are any ants with parasitic queens in Australia. If so, how many, and what species?
That's pretty much it. Thanks!
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I was just wondering if there are any ants with parasitic queens in Australia. If so, how many, and what species?
That's pretty much it. Thanks!
My Ants:
Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w
Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)
Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium
Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major
Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube
Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney
Myrmecia inquilina
Myrmecia inquilina
Ooh, nice, parasitic Myrmecia!
An honour to have you on my thread.
My Ants:
Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w
Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)
Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium
Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major
Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube
Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney
Edited by Manitobant, October 13 2021 - 8:39 PM.
There is also arnoldius, which are basically the Australian version of bothriomyrmex (a european social parasite), strumigenys xenos, another workerless inquiline and two species of melophorus fulvihirtus, a slave maker of iridomyrmex purpureus.
Thanks, I'll start researching.
Workerless inquilines are are confusing : P
Edited by Leptomyrmx, October 13 2021 - 7:54 PM.
My Ants:
Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w
Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)
Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium
Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major
Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube
Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney
Myrmecia inquilla (Stated previously) and Myrmecia hirsuta are the only two social parasitic myrmecia queens found in Australia to my knowledge.
Australia is sadly quite lacking in the social parasite department, as with most tropical and subtropical regions. One parasitic species that i do know of however is papyrius nitidus, which uses iridomyrmex as hosts.
I would say that of currently known species, that may be the case. In the easternUS three species of parasitic Tapinoma have been identified, though this is personal communication I had with Stefan Cover the myrmecologist at Harvard. The paper on this finding has yet to be published. I have found a new species of Tapinoma in Tennessee (soon to be published), the upshot, there are new things to find even today and even in our own back yards, let alone Australia!!
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