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Melophorus SP.? South Australia, Australia - 15th March 2018


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#1 Offline CoolColJ - Posted March 14 2018 - 11:36 PM

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Location of collection - collected in South Australia, is all I know
Date of collection ?
Habitat of collection ?
Length - 8mm
Coloration - black gastor, reddish/ornage, with yellow'ish legs
 
Can anyone help me ID the species?
 
This species is a lot smaller than I expected. I know there is one that is quite a bit bigger than the rest, I'm not sure the one I have is one of those
The queen on the left is supposed to be the bigger one - which do you think I have?


Queen is about 8mm, workers 3mm and tiny.
There is one worker that is a bit bigger, maybe 5-6mm, not sure if it's a non-nanitic worker or a major.
There are only 4 workers total, so I didn't think they would birth a major so early, but it does have a different shaped head

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Bigger worker vs smaller - major, or nanitic vs normal worker?

 
 
I believe it's the same species as this, a few more detailed pics here
http://www.wildsouth...Melophorus-sp1/
 


 
Major

Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/

Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/





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