Myrmicaria natalensis

Natal droptail ant
M. natalensis tending a mealy bug
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Myrmicaria
Species: M. natalensis
Binomial name
Myrmicaria natalensis
(F.Smith, 1858)

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 abdomen and spines on the thorax.

Workers with ant prey

References

  1. "Myrmicaria natalensis". AntWiki. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. Taylor, Brian. "Myrmicaria natalensis (F. Smith)". Ants of Africa. Retrieved 27 April 2016.


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