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Muscular Ants
Podomyrma
Podomyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. They are relatively common and found across Australia, Papua, and its surrounding islands. The genus is commonly referred to as muscleman tree ants due to their widened leg segments that look like flexing muscles. These ants are frequently found in and around trees where they live. Most species have multiple colours, shades of red, brown, black and orange.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
spotted muscleman tree ant
speciesPodomyrma adelaidae
Muscleman Tree ant
speciesPodomyrma gratiosa
Podomyrma micans
speciesPodomyrma micans
Podomyrma elongata
speciesPodomyrma elongata
Podomyrma ferruginea
speciesPodomyrma ferruginea
Podomyrma overbecki
speciesPodomyrma overbecki
Podomyrma laevifrons
speciesPodomyrma laevifrons
Podomyrma gastralis
speciesPodomyrma gastralis
Podomyrma obscurior
speciesPodomyrma obscurior
Podomyrma densestrigosa
speciesPodomyrma densestrigosa
Podomyrma mjobergi
speciesPodomyrma mjobergi
Podomyrma rugosa
speciesPodomyrma rugosa
Podomyrma christae
speciesPodomyrma christae
Podomyrma grossestriata
speciesPodomyrma grossestriata
Podomyrma maculiventris
speciesPodomyrma maculiventris
Podomyrma femorata
speciesPodomyrma femorata
Podomyrma basalis
speciesPodomyrma basalis
Podomyrma inermis
speciesPodomyrma inermis
Podomyrma macrophthalma
speciesPodomyrma macrophthalma
Podomyrma lampros
speciesPodomyrma lampros
Podomyrma octodentata
speciesPodomyrma octodentata
Podomyrma minor
speciesPodomyrma minor
Podomyrma turneri
speciesPodomyrma turneri
Podomyrma libra
speciesPodomyrma libra
Podomyrma delbrueckii
speciesPodomyrma delbrueckii
Podomyrma omniparens
speciesPodomyrma omniparens
Podomyrma clarki
speciesPodomyrma clarki
Podomyrma nitida
speciesPodomyrma nitida
Podomyrma muckeli
speciesPodomyrma muckeli
Podomyrma abdominalis
speciesPodomyrma abdominalis
Podomyrma keysseri
speciesPodomyrma keysseri
Podomyrma testacea
speciesPodomyrma testacea
Podomyrma odae
speciesPodomyrma odae
Podomyrma novemdentata
speciesPodomyrma novemdentata
Podomyrma bispinosa
speciesPodomyrma bispinosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 451263.