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Tetramorium Mayr, 1855

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Overview 
Within their preferred habitats these ants can be very common.  They forage individually on the ground, often in large numbers, and are most active during the morning and evening hours.  Nests are in soil with a simple entrance, under stones or wood, in rotten wood either on or above the ground, in twigs and under bark.  They are general scavengers or predators and seed collecting is common in some species.  A few species have been widely spread through human activity.




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
 dead twig of living tree 1m above ground 
 ex top of felled Ficus 
 Foraging on large log on ground 
 foraging on street trees 
 In a Cymometra sp. fruit 
 in log 
 In park under fallen coconut 
 nesting in Cardamon stem 
 on mango fruit in tree 
 pitfall trap 
 random ground foragers 
 strays ex top of recently felled Ficus tree 100ft. high 
 suspended dead twig 
 Under bark or in soil at base of tree 
 Yellow trays 
Acacia woodland  
Araucaria forest  
Araucaria forest under stone 
Bayside, savannah woodland, red sand  
Black Box  
Casuarina  
Casuarina forest on log 
Chenopod shrubland on floodplain Stray ground foragers 
Clearing surrounded by rainforest ground foragers 
Clearing surrounded by rainforest on felled tree 
Clearing surrounded by rainforest on recently felled tree 
coastal scrub  
coastal scrub foraging column on ground 
Coffee plntation  
depauperate rainforest under stone 
disturbed buffalo grass  
Dry and depauperate rainforest foraging on low vegetation 
Dry rainforest on low vegetation 
dry sclerophyll  
Dry sclerophyll in sandy soil 
Dry sclerophyll pebbly lateritic surface 
Dry sclerophyll roadside edge, random ground foragers 
Dry sclerophyll / cliff edge vegetation Under sandstone rock 
e Hydnophytum rainforest  
Eucalypt open forest  
Eucalypt open heath ex rotten log 
Eucalypt open heath under stone 
Eucalypt open woodland  
eucalypt woodland  
eucalypt woodland, grass  
Eucalypt, open woodland  
Eucalyptus woodland  
Eucalyptus woodland Ground nest 
Eucalyptus woodland Nocturnal at honey bait 
Eucalyptus woodland Stray ground foragers 
Eucalyptus/bluebush woodland  
Eucalyptus/Callitris open forest, sand stray forager 
Flat grassland  
forest foragers 
Forest sifted litter 3 
Fringing scrub Leaf litter 
Gully rainforest foraging on low vegetation 
Gully rainforest on low vegetation 
Gully rainforest Under stone 
Heath Nocturnal at honey bait 
Heavy forest  
In Timber yard ex saw log 
Inside oak   
Lignum  
Low Arboreal strays  
Low closed forest ground foragers 
Low rainforest ex rotten log 
Lowland rainforest  
Lowland rainforest ground foragers 
lowland rainforest in Hydnophylum ant plant  
Lowland Rainforest nest under rotten wood 
Lowland Rainforest on log 
Lowland rainforest on tree 
Lowland rainforest under rotten wood in soil 
Mallee  
Mallee & spinifex In red sand 
Mallee and Triodia between sand dunes Stray ground foragers 
Mallee and Triodia on sand dune Stray ground foragers 
Mined 1986  
mixed Eucalyptus woodland  
Montane rainforest foraging on log across stream 
mulga woodland  
mulga/Spinifex  
Native and non-native trees and shrubs small mound with small entrance 
Near floodplain Eucalyptus woodland Noctural foragers at honey bait 
Nesting along sidewalk. Loose dirt around nest entrance.  
nr. rainforest  
Open forest  
open mallee with Spinifex  
open mulga, grassland  
open mulga/Spinifex woodland  
Open woodland  
open woodland, pandanus  
Parkland  
Parkland foragers on ground lawn 
Pine forest  
Pine plantation  
Plantings E of bridge  
plot-1 in soil 
Poor rainforest In base of small cone shaped termite mound 
Radiata pine forest  
Rainforest  
Rainforest ex internodes of Humboldtia laurifolia 
Rainforest ex rotten branch on ground 
Rainforest ex rotten log 
Rainforest ex rotting log 
Rainforest ex rotting wood piece 
Rainforest ex small fragment rotting wood 
Rainforest ex small fragment rtn. wood 
Rainforest ex small fragment trn. wood 
rainforest foraging column on log on ground 
Rainforest foraging on low vegetation 
Rainforest ground foragers 
Rainforest ground strays 
rainforest in internodes of Humboldtia laurifolia 
Rainforest in soil 
Rainforest Liter sample 
Rainforest Malaise trap 
rainforest nest in dead twig above ground 
Rainforest nocturnal grd. foragers 
Rainforest on ground 
Rainforest on log 
Rainforest on low vegetation 
Rainforest random foragers under rock 
Rainforest random foragers, low vegitation 
Rainforest rotting wood 
Rainforest sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) 
Rainforest sifted litter (leaf mould, rotten wood) 
Rainforest Stray foragers 
rainforest twig nest 
Rainforest twig nest in main trunk live tree, Mallotus paniculatus 
rainforest under rock along dirt road 
Rainforest under stone 
Rainforest under tree bark 
Rainforest underside of rotten log between bark and wood 
Rainforest Zoraptera stage rtn. log 
Rainforest by roadside foraging on low vegetation 
Rainforest edge  
Rainforest edge ground foragers 
Rainforest edge litter sample wetter rainforest east of landing & camping area 
rainforest edge loose column on ground 
Rainforest edge nest at base of wood pole supporting picnic shelter 
Rainforest edge random foragers 
Rainforest edge random ground foragers 
Rainforest edge under stone 
Rainforest gully  
Rainforest gully ex Nepenthes pitcher 
Rainforest gully with E.grandis overstorey ground foragers 
Rainforest on coralline limestone foraging on low vegetation 
Rainforest on sandy soil ground foragers 
Rainforest relict in leaf litter 
rainforest with Eucalyptus grandis random foragers 
red river gums stray ground foragers 
Relict Rainforest in leaf litter 
Riparian area  
Riparian woodland  
Riparian woodland Foraging column on trunk 
Riparian woodland Strays on low vegetation 
Riparian/Eucalyptus edge Nocturnal at honey bait 
River Red Gum  
Sandy savannah woodland  
Sandy savannah woodland On rock 
Savanah woodland, spinifex  
Savanah woodland, spinifex Foragers on white sand 
Savanah woodland, spinifex Ground foragers 
Savannah woodland  
Savannah woodland Ground forager 
Savannah woodland & spinifex, flat red sandy soil  
Savannah woodland & spinifex, red sand Foragers 
Savannah woodland, red sand  
Savannah woodland, spinifex  
Savannah woodland, spinifex Ground foragers 
Savannah woodland, spinifex & red sand Ground foragers 
Savannah woodland, spinifex, red sand Foragers 
Spinifex  
Spinifex only, flat, red sand  
Street trees  
Submontane forest on ridge, mid ridge, S side  
Submontane forest on ridge, top of ridge, N side  
tall Eucalyptus forest  
tree in park  
urban parkland  
Wet sclerophyll  
wet sclerophyll Foraging in loose column on ground 
Wet sclerophyll ground foragers 
Wet sclerophyll Nest under rock 
Wet sclerophyll Nest under rock, 7cm from SOSC 901, same rock 
Wet sclerophyll with Acacia, Syncarpia, Eucalyptus foraging on dying Euc. trunk 
Wet sclerophylla at edge of Melaleuca swamp Under stone 
White sand flats under sandstone escarpment In sand 
Wilga woodland  
Woodland ground forager 

 

 

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