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Myopias Roger, 1861

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Overview 
Myopias forms small colonies with less than 100 workers in rotten wood (in rainforests) or in soil under or between rocks (in drier woodlands). Workers are known to prey on a range of arthropods, including Collembola, millipedes and, in one case, other ants. They are infrequently collected and little is known of their biology.


Front of head.
 
Side of body.
 

Top of body.
 



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
 ex rtn. log damp gully 
dry sclerophyll under rock 
dry sclerophyll gully under rock 
Eucalyptus woodland rotting wood 
karri forest  
Lowland rainforest ground foragers 
Lowland rainforest In rotten log nr creek 
Mixed Oak forest ex log for. edge 
Rainforest  
Rainforest Berlesate 
Rainforest Ex rotten log 
Rainforest Ex rotting log 
Rainforest Ex rotting wood piece 
Rainforest ex rtn. wood frag. forest floor 
Rainforest Ex small rtn wood fragment 
Rainforest In red rotten log 
Rainforest In rotten wood 
Rainforest Litter 
Rainforest Litter & moss 
Rainforest Litter with palms 
Rainforest rotting wood 
Rainforest Sieved litter 
Rainforest sifted litter (leaf mould, rotten wood) 
Rainforest under stone 
Rainforest Zoraptera stage, rotting log 
rainforest (Ceratoptalum, Doryphora) nest in soil along edge of small rock 
Rainforest Gully ex rtn. wood frag. forest floor 
Small disturbed roadside rainforest Ex rotten log 
Small patch rainforest by stream Ex rotten log 
snowgum slopes under rock 
snowgum woodland Under stone 
Subtropical rainforest  
Wet sclerophyll Under rock 

 

 

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