Name that Ant 24 (9-8-2002)
Well once again it is time to tear your hair out in frustation, shake your heads in awe in and be totally amazed and confused. Yes it is time for Name that Ant 24. As promised this one should be a...
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****** **** , I know this one , but the name got somewhere missing in my mind ! It are very nice ants and your head-on-view is perfect ! Very nice photograph ! There also exist very nice drawings of...
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Yep, I'm frustrated... it must be in the Ponerinae, and I have it down to Prionopelta or Amblyopone, but even those don't match every character just right... actually, I am going to go with Amblyopone...
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Sorry forgot the locality.. this one is from Australia, but the genus is widely distributed worldwide. No top shot simply because I could not get a decent one." The most exciting phrase to hear in...
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It looks like an Onychomyrmex but, I don't thik it's a world-wide genus. Hmmm...
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it looks like Amblyopone to me and that's what I get to using the Australian online ant guide (ozants.com).
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Everyone else is guessing Amblyopone, so to be different I'm going to guess the other strong candidate, Prionopelta. This one kinda looks like a species of Prionopelta I commonly encountered in leaf...
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Just back from a week-long trip and glad to see you're all still here. (I note that Francois and Tuomaz have visited recently over there at Myrmecology.org, and hope they'll come over this way some...
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Well folks, here it is..and the correct answer is....... Amblyopone australis.. Pretty nifty ant, and I bet it does have a good sting. *L*" The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that...
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Some time back, Myrmecos mentioned that a phylogenetic study based on DNA sequences seemed to indicate that Prionopelta and Amblyopone are in fact all mixed up, not just each others closest relatives,...
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