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Ochetellus
Ochetellus is a genus of ants first described by Steve Shattuck in 1992. He placed it in the subfamily Dolichoderinae of the family Formicidae. The ants in this genus are small and black in colour; workers measure in length, the males at around are smaller, and the queens are the largest, reaching . There are seven described species and three described subspecies that mostly live in Australia in a wide variety of habitats, but some species are found in Asia. One species, Ochetellus glaber, has been introduced into New Zealand and the United States.
Species
Copper-bellied Ant
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
Observations1,746
Observations recorded4,774
Ochetellus glaber Ochetellus (лат.) — род муравьёв подсемейства долиходерины (Dolichoderinae, Leptomyrmecini). Юго-Восточная Азия, Австралия и Новая Гвинея. Около 10 видов [1]. Содержание 1 Описание 2 Примечания 3 Литература 4 Ссылки Описание Мелкие земляные или древесные муравьи коричневого и чёрного цвета. Заднегрудка с двумя короткими округлыми проподеальными зубцами. Усики самок и рабочих 12-члениковые (у самцов антенны состоят из 13 сегментов). Жвалы рабочих с 7-12 зубцами. Нижнечелюстные щупики 6-члениковые, нижнегубные щупики состоят из 4 сегментов. Голени средних и задних ног с одной апикальной шпорой. Стебелёк между грудкой и брюшком состоит из одного сегмента (петиоль) [2]. Ochetellus democles (Walker, 1839) Ochetellus epinotalis (Viehmeyer, 1914) Ochetellus flavipes (Kirby, 1896) Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862) Ochetellus itoi (Forel, 1900) Ochetellus punctatissimus (Emery, 1887) Ochetellus sororis (Mann, 1921) Ochetellus vinsoni (Donisthorpe, 1946) Примечания ↑ 1 2 Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31:13-18. ↑ Bolton
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Ochetellus is a genus of ants first described by Steve Shattuck in 1992. He placed it in the subfamily Dolichoderinae of the family Formicidae. The ants in this genus are small and black in colour; workers measure in length, the males at around are smaller, and the queens are the largest, reaching . There are seven described species and three described subspecies that mostly live in Australia in a wide variety of habitats, but some species are found in Asia. One species, Ochetellus glaber, has been introduced into New Zealand and the United States.
The colonies are found in rotten wood, in the ground, under rocks or stones and in urban areas. The ants are both diurnal and nocturnal and forage on trees, in low vegetation and into human homes, where they are regarded as pests. These ants eat a variety of foods, including fruits, insects, sucrose, nectar and bird feces. They visit various flowers and attend to a variety of butterfly larvae. The thorny devil, an Australian lizard, predominantly feeds on Ochetellus workers, and other ant species also prey on them.