Platythyrea parallela

Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Platythyrea parallela	10 Mar 2025	JonLewis
	Unverified	10 Mar 2025	TimL

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Possibly Tetraponera, Black Tree Ant? A lone ant, very fast and active, and constantly on the move on the side of a tree.

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JonLewis wrote:

10 Mar 2025

Thanks Tim, a new species on NatureMapr for Canberra & Southern Tablelands! There are only a few records of this ant, but I have seen two species during surveys around the Canberra region, so they are around, if not very common. And this one is a queen - you can just see where the wings used to join the body. Cheers, Jon

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Location information

Coordinates 149.106690 -35.275047
Altitude 629.6m
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
6 Mar 2025 12:05 PM Recorded on
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TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Insects

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Platythyrea parallela Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
13.67m to 629.6m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania