Black Big-headed Ant
Petiole
Ellura
Black Big-headed Ant
Spines
 
                      
Black Big-headed Ant (Pheidole sp ES02)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Small Ant (Ant: Formicidae Myrmicinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black Big-headed Ant (Pheidole sp ES02)
This Photo:     Back of Thorax

Thank you Grant Wang for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
This one was ~6mm long, with the same 2 noded petiole & large head.
The back of the dorsal surface of the abdomen has 2 rear facing spines. The 1st node of the petiole has a vertical projection terminating in 2 spines/lumps.

Copyright © 2019-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 23-Sep-2019
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.