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Furnace Ants
Melophorus
Melophorus (meaning "honey carrier") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Melophorini. The genus is endemic to Australia, where its species is common in arid and semiarid areas.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Aeneovirens-group Furnace Ants
complexMelophorus aeneovirens
Melophorus hirsutus
speciesMelophorus hirsutus
Melophorus bruneus
speciesMelophorus bruneus
Melophorus turneri
speciesMelophorus turneri
Melophorus wheeleri
speciesMelophorus wheeleri
Melophorus potteri
complexMelophorus potteri
Melophorus biroi
speciesMelophorus biroi
Melophorus ludius
speciesMelophorus ludius
Melophorus fieldi
speciesMelophorus fieldi
Melophorus oblongiceps
speciesMelophorus oblongiceps
Melophorus anderseni
speciesMelophorus anderseni
Melophorus fulvihirtus
speciesMelophorus fulvihirtus
Melophorus mjobergi
speciesMelophorus mjobergi
Melophorus marius
speciesMelophorus marius
Melophorus laticeps
speciesMelophorus laticeps
Melophorus majeri
complexMelophorus majeri
Melophorus perthensis
speciesMelophorus perthensis
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 451492.