Tetraponera rufonigra, is a species of ant belonging to the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae. It is distributed across Asia, and Africa. Commonly called the Bi-coloured Arboreal ant, they are arboreal and build small nests which are excavated holes usually in dried parts of trees. They are active hunters and hunt small insects. They have a well developed sting and when stung can cause allergic reactions in human beings.[1]
tetraponera, rufonigra, species, belonging, subfamily, pseudomyrmecinae, distributed, across, asia, africa, commonly, called, coloured, arboreal, they, arboreal, build, small, nests, which, excavated, holes, usually, dried, parts, trees, they, active, hunters,. Tetraponera rufonigra is a species of ant belonging to the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae It is distributed across Asia and Africa Commonly called the Bi coloured Arboreal ant they are arboreal and build small nests which are excavated holes usually in dried parts of trees They are active hunters and hunt small insects They have a well developed sting and when stung can cause allergic reactions in human beings 1 Tetraponera rufonigra Tetraponera rufonigra worker Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Hymenoptera Family Formicidae Genus Tetraponera Species T rufonigra Binomial name Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon 1851 Synonyms Sima rufonigra ceylonensis Forel 1909 Sima rufonigra testaceonigra Forel 1903 Sima rufonigra yeensis Forel 1902 The ant is known as Hath polayaa in Sinhala Subspecies edit nbsp T rufonigra forages nbsp T rufonigra nest nbsp T rufonigra nest in tree nbsp T rufonigra nbsp T rufonigra feeding on beetle Tetraponera rufonigra ceylonensis Forel 1909 Tetraponera rufonigra rufonigra Jerdon 1851 Tetraponera rufonigra testaceonigra Forel 1903 Tetraponera rufonigra yeensis Forel 1902 References edit Functional morphology of the sting apparatus of Tetraponera rufonigra Smith F Formicidae Pseudomyrmecinae ResearchGate Retrieved 2017 03 23 External links edit nbsp Media related to Tetraponera rufonigra at Wikimedia Commons Tetraponera rufonigra Facts AntWeb Retrieved 19 January 2014 Tetraponera rufonigra at antwiki org Animaldiversity org Itis org nbsp This ant related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tetraponera rufonigra amp oldid 1180325017, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
