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The green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica) is a species of ant that is endemic to Australia. It was described by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858 as a member of the genus Rhytidoponera in the subfamily Ectatomminae. These ants measure between 5 and 7 mm (0.20 and 0.28 in).
Weaver ants or green ants are eusocial insects of the Hymenoptera family Formicidae belonging to the tribe Oecophyllini. Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal ) and are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk . [ 3 ]
Ectatomminae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing four extant and three extinct genera in two tribes. [2] The subfamily was described in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided the Ponerinae subfamily into six subfamilies. [3] Heteroponerinae used to be an independent subfamily, but was merged into Ectatomminae in 2022. [4]
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This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...
Pheidole navigans is a species of big-headed ant of the Pheidole flavens-complex native to Venezuela and Colombia and invasive in California, Bermuda, Germany, Mexico, the Canary Islands, the southeastern United States, and Hawaii. It is commonly misidentified as Pheidole moerens. [1] [2]
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An unusual wasp species appears to be an example of mimicry in the animal kingdom, according to a study by an international team of researchers.