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Mayriella Forel, 1902

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Overview 
Mayriella is nowhere common although it tends to be patchily distributed and can be locally abundant.  The small workers move slowly and may lie motionless when disturbed, thus causing them to be frequently overlooked.  Nests are located in soil under stones or in the open with a small mound of loose dirt at the entrance.  They also nest in rotten logs.  The number of workers in nests averages between 50 and 100, and many nests contain several queens.  Foraging workers are commonly collected from litter samples.




This taxon is known from these habitats
The following rows were recorded as a pair from a single record.
Blank entries indicate no information was recorded.
Environment/MacrohabitatSituation/Microhabitat
 berlesate 
 Dry leaf litter 
 flight intercept trap 
 grass tufts under Acacia 
 in creek debris 
 in fallen leaves 
 in leaf litter 
 in nest entrance of Myrmecia brevinoda 
 in rotting leaves 
 in sand 
 Leaf and log litter 
 leaf litter 
 Leaf mould 
 Litter 
 nest at base of tree stump 
 Nest under spongy bark of gum log 
 nest under stone 
 organic soil, nr. waterfall 
 pit fall trap 
 pyrethrum knockdown 
 pyrethrum logs, trees 
 Rainforest litter 
 traps 
 twig and leaf berlesate 
2" rainforest  
closed forest leaf litter 
closed forest litter 
closed forest litter and moss 
Coastal Heath  
deep sandstone gorge, gallary rainforest between rocks 
dense sclorphyll around Botheroponera nest entrance under stone 
Dry rainforest sieved litter 
Dry rainforest Stick brushing 
dry sclerophyll  
dry sclerophyll in alluvial soil on creek bank 
dry sclerophyll in mound of M. flavicoma 
dry sclerophyll nest in bare soil 
dry sclerophyll (rainfall 23 inches) in soil near creek bed 
dry-med. sclerophyll nest between rocks in valley 
E. maculara open forest  
edge of relict rainforest in mound of Myrmecia auriventris 
eucalypt woodland  
Eucalypt woodland in rotten log 
Eucalyptus  
Eucalyptus forest  
Eucalyptus woodland leaf litter 
Forest  
forested slope near coast litter 
gallery rainforest in nest of Bothroponera mayri 
garden  
littoral rainforest in rotten log 
low scrub, laterite plateau in soil 
Lowland rainforest  
Lowland rainforest Leaf litter 
med. sclerophyll gully between rocks 
medium sclerophyll nest in soil 
mixed forest leaf mould 
open forest sieved litter 
open sclerophyll, volcanic soil under log in of Bothroponera mayri 
primary rainforest litter on slope 
primary rainforest thin forest litter, steep slope 
primary rainforest wet litter 
Radiata pine plantation  
Rainforest  
rainforest berlesate 
rainforest between granite rocks 
rainforest between rocks 
rainforest between sandstone rocks 
rainforest between stones 
rainforest between volcanic rocks 
Rainforest ex floodplain 
rainforest in crack in rock 
rainforest in living Platycericum on fallen tree trunk 
rainforest in rotten log 
rainforest in staghorn epiphyte 
Rainforest Leaf litter 
Rainforest Leaf mould 
rainforest leaf mould berlesate 
rainforest leafmould berlesate 
Rainforest Leafmould, berlesate 
rainforest litter 
rainforest nest in termite nest on ground 
rainforest nest under stone 
Rainforest Pyrethrum 
rainforest red-rotten log 
rainforest rotten log 
Rainforest Sieved litter 
rainforest sifted litter 
Rainforest sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) 
Rainforest Stick brushing 
rainforest stick brushings 
rainforest under stone 
Rainforest yellow tray 
Rainforest edge Litter sample dry rainforest along creek near swimming hole 
Rainforest on steep slope  
Rainforest on steep slope Leaf litter 
Rainforest on stony slope Leaf litter 
relict rainforest on volcanic hill top between rocks 
sandstone gorge with gallery rainforest between rocks 
sandstone gorge with wet sclerophyll under rock in creek bed 
sandstone gully nest in soil 
sandstone valley between rocks 
secondary forest litter on high flood plain over sand 
secondary rainforest litter 
semi-deciduous vine thicket leaf litter 
subtropical rainforest  
subtropical rainforest under bark of rotting log 
swamp in dead wood/under bark 8ft off grd in paperbark 
swamp forest leaf mound berlesate 
swampy forest in rotten eucalypt log 
ti-tree on sandstone ridge nest in bright yellow sand 
ti-tree scrub on sandstone plateau in soil 
ti-tree/beach scrub in sand 
Wet sclerophyll  
wet sclerophyll between rocks 
wet sclerophyll between rocks near creek 
wet sclerophyll in nest of Bothio. mayri 
wet sclerophyll in red rotten log 
wet sclerophyll in rotten log 
wet sclerophyll nest in rotten fence post 
wet sclerophyll pocket between granite rocks 
Wet sclerophyll sifted leaf litter 
wet sclerophyll under orck 
wet sclerophyll under stone 
Wet sclerophyll forest under stone 
wet sclerophyll in deep gully in log 

 

 

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