Newly discovered ants
Post 20170 - 27.08.2012 10:12:59
My good friend found a species of ants,
I have never seen ants, he was very beautiful, from the subtropical rain forest.
Their workers length 3~3.5 mm
Queen 10 mm long
He lived in in the soil, likes to eat dead insects and nectar.
At least now I do not know his name, if any friends know his name, please tell me, thanks!
Greetings Ting
Post 20173 - 27.08.2012 11:46:18
Hello Ting,
interesting ants. The most important characteristic of these ants is that they don't have spines. For sure, they belong to the subfamily Myrmicinae so I checked some asian myrmicine genus and I'm quite sure this is most probably Katidris sp., there are also some species of this genus described for southern China.
Greetings, Phil
Deutsche Übersetzung:
Hallo Ting,
interessante Ameisen. Das wichtigste Merkmal dieser Ameisen ist, dass sie keine Dornen haben. Natürlich gehören sie zur Unterfamilie der Myrmicinae, also habe ich mal ein paar asiatische Myrmicinen-Gattung durchgechect und ich bin recht sicher, dass es sich am Wahrscheinlichsten um Katidris sp. handelt, es gibt auch ein paar Arten die für Südchina beschrieben sind.
Grüße, Phil
Post 20178 - 27.08.2012 15:20:10
Hello, phil
Thank you very much to tell me, thank you
Greetings Ting