Rhytidoponera aspera

FormicidaeAnts Camponotus aurocinctus Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant) Camponotus inflatus (Honey Ant) Dolichoderus doriae (Dolly Ant) Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Red-headed Spider Ant) Myrmecia brevinoda (Nocturnal Bull Ant) Myrmecia nigrocincta (Jumping Jack Ant) Myrmecia pilosula (Jack Jumper Ant) Myrmecia pyriformis (Inch Ant) Myrmecia rubripes (Bullant) Notoncus spinisquamis Oecophylla smaragdina (Green Tree Ant) Rhytidoponera aspera Rhytidoponera metallica (Green-head Ant)

Rhytidoponera aspera, whose common name is Rough Blue Pony Ant, are a light metallic blue colour. They are similar in size to Rhytidoponera metallica, with workers being between 4-7 mm in length and the queen between 8-10 mm in length. Rhytidoponera aspera differs in that the legs and mandibles are almost reddish in colour, compared with that of Rhytidoponera metallica which are more brown in colour.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Informal: Pterygotes
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Verspoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: Rhytidoponera aspera

Footnote & References

Rhytidoponera aspera (Roger, 1860), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/01cd6848-1959-49f5-a918-23d865e04882
Rhytidoponera aspera, NatureMapr, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4249750

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