Schwiedland's Spiny Ant
S1, Worker, Pronotum, anterior		Ellura
Schwiedland's Spiny Ant
S1, Worker, ventral		 
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Schwiedland's Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis schwiedlandi)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Modern Ant (Ant: Formicidae Formicinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Schwiedland's Spiny Ant (Polyrhachis schwiedlandi)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Worker, Petiole Node🔎
Thank you Matthew Connors (Matthew_Connors) for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~7.5mm long, female, minor worker.
Gratefully found & id'ed by Matthew on his recent trip to Ellura.
Copyright © 2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Jan-2025
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.