A Coconut Ant at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Papyrius sp. (genus) | 4 Oct 2023 | JonLewis | ||
| Papyrius nitidus | 4 Oct 2023 | CathB |
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Coconut ants tending their psyllid farm. A lot of new carton on this eucalypt.
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JonLewis
wrote:
4 Oct 2023
Hi Cath, a couple of years ago we would have called these ants Papyrius nitidus, but I've been working on the genus and the workers of the various species are extremely difficult to tell apart, so now we are IDing them just to genus level. Cheers, Jon
Location information
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
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Insects Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Psyllid nymphs Associated Insect
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Papyrius sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A Coconut Ant Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 375 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Papyrius sp.
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