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Dinosaur ant

Nothomyrmecia macrops
Amul lorAmul lor ci nit. Amul lu la war a jaaxal.
Fourmi yi Dafay jamDafay lekk: Tuuti ci lépp
Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

The dinosaur ant is one of the rarest ants in the world. It is the only species in its genus and lives in woodland in South Australia. Scientists call it a 'living fossil' because its body is so old-fashioned.1

Dafay dund ci
South Australia, Australia, in mallee and Eucalyptus woodland. Its full range is unknown.1
Ostarali ak Oseyani
Kër
It nests in old-growth mallee woodland and Eucalyptus woodland. Colonies are very small, with only 50 to 100 individuals in each nest. Pictures of the ant are stencilled on the streets of Poochera, the town where it was rediscovered.1
Guddaay
9,7 mm ba 1,1 cm (0,4 in ba 0,4 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,18 km/h (0,11 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
Workers collect arthropod prey and sweet substances such as honeydew from scale insects and other Hemiptera. They forage alone at night and use their vision to find food.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Dinosaur ant
Dinosaur ant. Foto: CSIRO. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Medium-sized ant, 9.7 to 11 mm long.1
  • Mandibles (jaws), clypeus (part of the 'face'), antennae and legs are pale yellow.1
  • Body hairs are yellow, long and abundant on the body, and shorter on the antennae and legs.1
  • Workers are strictly nocturnal, active mainly at night, and forage alone.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It shows similar features to Myrmecia and somewhat resembles weaver ants (Oecophylla). The fourth abdominal segment of Myrmecia is tubulate (tube-shaped), but in the dinosaur ant it is non-tubulated, which helps separate the two.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

It has a long, retractable sting at the rear of the abdomen, which can give people a painful sting.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

It uses its retractable sting when threatened, and workers release chemical alarm signals.1

Su jamee

  • Raxas te sedal fa mu jam.
  • Su nit ki am jafe-jafe ci noyyi, kanamam walla putam funki, walla mu bëgg a xëm, allergie bu metti la (urgence): woo sa nimerob urgence.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Dinosaur ant guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,1 cm (0,4 in)Ab peppu ceeb lu tollu ci 7 mm (0,3 in)Ab pees bu 1 euro lu tollu ci 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
tuuti ba mën a toog ci sa wewu baaraam

Dinosaur ant ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Scientists regard it as the most plesiomorphic (old-fashioned) ant alive, and it is called a 'living fossil'.1

2

Poochera is perhaps the only town in the world that relies on ant-based tourism.1

3

After its first collection in 1931, it was not seen again until 1977, when it was found about 1,300 km from the original site.1

4

It is the only known ant species with both a sting and a 'waist', meaning it has no postpetiole between the first and second gastral segments.1

5

Queens have non-functional, stubby wings, while male wings are long and fully developed.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Nothomyrmecia macrops
Mbooloo
Fourmi yi
Njaboot
Formicidae2
Toftal
Hymenoptera
Kontinaa yi
Ostarali ak Oseyani
Liir yi
The queen mates with one or more males, then hunts for food while the brood develops. Eggs are subspherical and non-adhesive. Two queens may found a colony together, but only one remains after the first workers are raised.1
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Critically Endangered1
Musiba ci nit
1 / 5: Woyof3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Nothomyrmecia (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Nothomyrmecia macrops (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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