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Spiny Cautious Ant (Meranoplus oceanicus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Small Ant (Ant:Formicidae:Myrmicinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Spiny Cautious Ant (Meranoplus oceanicus)
This Photo:     Dorsal
Thank you Grant Wang (PonerineCat) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~4mm long. Identified via the key in AntWiki. Diagnostic photo's are shown here.
Copyright © 2018-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 20-Dec-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.