tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179499282011-11-02T01:15:12.787-07:00...look at the ant, thou sluggard!Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17949928.post-42137425405367975642010-07-17T07:47:00.001-07:002010-07-17T07:47:42.741-07:00ant visions has moved to<div><a href="http://web.mac.com/ajaynarendra/AjayNarendra/antvisions/antvisions.html">http://web.mac.com/ajaynarendra/AjayNarendra/antvisions/antvisions.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Update feeds, links, bookmarks..</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17949928-4213742540536797564?l=pseudomyrmecinae.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17949928.post-1131229207380988602005-11-05T14:18:00.000-08:002007-08-05T20:59:30.736-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/T.rufonigra1.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/320/T.rufonigra1.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Tetraponera rufonigra</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Classification</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Family: Formicidae</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Order: Hymenoptera</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Common name: Arboreal Bicoloured Ant</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of the most common <span style="font-style: italic;">Pseudomyrmicines</span> found in South India. These ants are aggressive predators a</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">nd feed on other ants (alates especially), termites and small invertebrates. They often hunt solitarily, but hunt in</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> small groups only when close to the nest. They often establish nests in dead and</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> rotting wood. They can b</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e easily identified by their pronounced postpetiole, elongate eyes and cylindrical</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> body. Their legs and short, ideal for arboreal life, as they forage with their</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> entire body close to</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> the foraging surface. No distinct caste division</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> is seen</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> all workers</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> attack upon disturbance.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A <span style="font-style: italic;">Myrmarachane</span> species of spider morphologically mimics this ant. A mimicry perhaps exhibited to keep predators away.</span><br /></div> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/T.rufonigra2.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/400/T.rufonigra2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In the image, the ants are tearing apart a slug.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Collected</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Bulltemple Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. August 2004.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Know more about <a href="http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/ward/pseudo.html">Pseudomyrmicines</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Also refer: </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Ward PS. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:589-665.</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17949928-113122920738098860?l=pseudomyrmecinae.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17949928.post-1129550206849042662005-10-17T04:48:00.000-07:002007-01-10T16:44:45.250-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/Tetraponera%20allaboransred4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/200/Tetraponera%20allaboransred1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Tetraponera allaborans</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Classification</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Family: Formicidae<br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Order: Hymenoptera</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Common name: Shiny Black Knight</span><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Shiny black ants, with rufous coloured antennae and characteristic elongated eyes. These are arboreal</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> ants, nesting often in rotting logs and dead wood. They are solitary foragers and usually see</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">n foraging on the margins of leaf. This</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/1600/Tetraponera1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4187/1246/200/Tetraponera.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">characteristic </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">behaviour</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> is </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">mimicked by a</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Myrmarachane</span> species of</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> spider</span>.<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Collected</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">North of Wilpena Pound, South Australia (November, 2004). Just one solitary forager seen.</span><br /></div> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Know more aboout <a href="http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/ward/pseudo.html#Phylo">Pseudomyrmicines.</a><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17949928-112955020684904266?l=pseudomyrmecinae.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ajay Narendrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17771741069086144248noreply@blogger.com1