Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Binomial name. Aneuretus simoni. Emery, 1893. The Sri Lankan relict ant ( Aneuretus simoni) is a species of ant placed in a tribe of its own within the family Formicidae. The genus is monotypic, with the only species endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is known from just a few locations. It is one of the few ant species considered endangered.
An ant pictured in the coat of arms of Multia, a town in Finland. Ant society has always fascinated humans and has been written about both humorously and seriously. Mark Twain wrote about ants in his 1880 book A Tramp Abroad. [228] Some modern authors have used the example of the ants to comment on the relationship between society and the ...
There are 102 endemic species in Sri Lanka, with 48.6% of endemism. One endemic genus Aneuretus is also included to the list. The following list is according to the Ants of Sri Lanka by Prof. R.K. Sriyani Dias 2014 comprehensive edition by Biodiversity Secretariat on Ministry of Environmental and Renewable Energy of Sri Lanka.
Dorylus, also known as driver ants, safari ants, or siafu, is a large genus of army ants found primarily in central and east Africa, although the range also extends to southern Africa and tropical Asia. The term siafu is a loanword from Swahili, [2] and is one of numerous similar words from regional Bantu languages used by indigenous peoples to ...
Aneuretinae. Aneuretinae is a subfamily of ants consisting of a single extant species, Aneuretus simoni ( Sri Lankan relict ant ), and 9 fossil species. [2] Earlier, the phylogenetic position of A. simoni was thought to be intermediate between primitive and advanced subfamilies of ants, [3] but recent studies have shown it is the nearest living ...
Myrmarachne is a genus of ant-mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by W. S. MacLeay in 1839. [5] They are commonly called ant-mimicking spiders, but they are not the only spiders that have this attribute. The name is a combination of Ancient Greek μύρμηξ ( myrmex ), meaning "ant", and ἀράχνη ( arachne ), meaning "spider".
The species within genus Myrmarachne are called ant-mimicking spiders, where they closely resemble ants, by morphology and behavior. Sri Lanka comprised 11 ant-mimicking spiders and three of them are discovered in 2015 by professor Suresh Benjamin, associate Research Professor of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology, National ...
The slaty antwren is 9 to 12 cm (3.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 8.5 to 10 g (0.30 to 0.35 oz). It is a smallish bird with a short tail. Adult males of the nominate subspecies are mostly dark gray with a hidden white patch between the shoulders. Their tail is dark gray with thin white edges to the feathers.