species: Odontomachus cephalotes in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Odontomachus cephalotes

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Odontomachus
Species Odontomachus cephalotes

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

A large black ant with very large jaws. Noticed by a clicking sound.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Comments

No photos. LIRS staff Stuart Pulbrook found a nest of these large biting ants between Talbot and Loomis House at LIRS sometime in 2013. He provided some dried specimens to Anne Hoggett for identification. In Dec 2015, ant ecologist Dr Ben Hoffmann (CSIRO, Darwin, NT) visited and took the specimens. He identified them as this species.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Only known from the single record at LIRS in 2013.

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