Overview
Species of Paratrechina nest in open soil or under rocks or other objects, or in rotten wood on the ground. They can be locally abundant with nests easily found. Some species are known to forage primarily at night. They forage on the ground as well as on vegetation, feeding on a range of invertebrates as well as plant fluids such as nector and honeydew collected from Hemiptera. One species (P. longicornis) is a widespread tramp in many tropical countries, being introduced through human activity; it can sometimes be a household pest.
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/Macrohabitat | Situation/Microhabitat |
| | at shore & on Hibiscus plant |
| | coconut stump |
| | Ex boat from Indonesia |
| | ex house |
| | Ex timber from Solomon Islands |
| | Found in preserved fruit from China via Singapore |
| | From timber from Singapore |
| | in coffee, evening |
| | in kitchen |
| | leaf litter |
| | lvs. of Psychotria mariana Bartl. |
| | nest in soil under stone |
| | on Okra |
| | on trail on wall & slab |
| | rotten fallen breadfruit |
| | run very fast |
| | sage fl. |
| | Scaevoli frutescens |
| | under bark of dead Artocarpus |
| | under log |
| | under stone |
| | under timber |
| 1000 feet from sea | |
| camp site | |
| city park | |
| edge of rainforest | under rock |
| Eucalyptus woodland | grd. foragers |
| Eucalyptus woodland | nocturnal, tree trunks |
| Gardens | |
| Hydnophytum | |
| in crates intercepted Burnie, Tas. | |
| Melaleuca trees | random foragers on track around billabong |
| messersehmidtia | |
| mixed Eucalyptus woodland | |
| nr. air-port runway | |
| Open woodland | |
| Pandanus swamp | nest under rock and log |
| Rainforest | |
| Rainforest | moss & rtn log |
| rainforest | under rock along dirt road |
| resort grounds | random foragers |
| Riparian area | |
| Riparian woodland | |
| Riparian woodland | On Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| Roadside edge | |
| roadside vegetation | |
| rotting wood in gap | |
| Sav. woodland | under rock |
| Savanna | |
| Spinifex | |
| urban parkland | |