Biology:Myrmicaria natalensis
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Short description: Species of ant
| Natal droptail ant | |
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| M. natalensis tending a mealy bug | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Myrmicaria |
| Species: | M. natalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmicaria natalensis (F.Smith, 1858)
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Myrmicaria natalensis, commonly known as the Natal droptail ant, is a species of ant with an extensive range in the Afrotropics. It has been recorded from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Uganda, DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia and South Africa , where the type was obtained.[1][2] Like others in its genus, it has a distinctive down-curved gaster and spines on the mesosoma.
Workers with ant prey
An unmated queen
References
External links
- Taxonomic details and photographs at antsofafrica.org
Wikidata ☰ Q13870702 entry
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