Dinosaur ant
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

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀
- 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
A sábà máa ń ṣì í mọ̀ sí: 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
Agbára oró
Oró ń jáde láti inú ohun ìtani.
Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.It has a long, retractable sting at the rear of the abdomen, which can give people a painful sting.1
Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?
It uses its retractable sting when threatened, and workers release chemical alarm signals.1
Bí ó bá ta ni
- Fọ ibi tí ó ti ta ni, kí o sì tù ú.
- Bí ẹni náà bá ń mí pẹ̀lú ìṣòro, tí ojú tàbí ọ̀fun rẹ̀ wú, tàbí tí ó ń fẹ́ dákú, pàjáwìrì àléjì ni: pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ.
Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́
Wà láìléwu
- Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
- Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
- Bí ọ̀kan bá ta ọ́: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.
Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu
Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?
Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?
ó kéré débi pé ó lè jókòó lórí èékánná rẹBáwo ni Dinosaur ant ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?
Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.
Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?
Òtítọ́
Scientists regard it as the most plesiomorphic (old-fashioned) ant alive, and it is called a 'living fossil'.1
Poochera is perhaps the only town in the world that relies on ant-based tourism.1
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
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
Queens have non-functional, stubby wings, while male wings are long and fully developed.1
Fún àwọn amòye oró
- Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
- Nothomyrmecia macrops
- Ẹgbẹ́
- Èèrà
- Ìdílé
- Formicidae2
- Ètò
- Hymenoptera
- Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
- Ọsirélíà àti Òṣéáníà
- Àwọn ọmọ
- 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
- Bí ó ṣe ń ṣe nínú igbó
- Critically Endangered1
- Ewu fún ènìyàn
- 1 / 5: Fúyẹ́3
Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá
- Nothomyrmecia (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Nothomyrmecia macrops (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
- Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.
Gbogbo òtítọ́ ojú-ìwé yìí ní nọ́ńbà tó tọ́ka sí orísun rẹ̀. Bí a bá ṣe àṣìṣe, má bínú, olólùfẹ́ ẹranko ni wá, kì í ṣe ìwé ìròyìn sáyẹ́ǹsì. Sọ fún wa ní [email protected] a ó sì tún un ṣe.
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