Yellow Shield Ant - Meranoplus sp.
Subfamily Myrmicinae
- This page contains pictures and information about Yellow Shield Ants that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 4mm
- We found those ants wandering on leaves. The ants have the dark grey body with golden yellow abdomen.
- The genus Meranoplus can be distinguished by the top surface of the mesosoma form a board shield with short but sharp spiny edges project outwards.
- Reference:
- 1. Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification - S Shattuck, Natalie J Barnett, CSIRO, 1999, p141.
- 2. Box shield Ant- Meranoplus dimidiatus - PaDIL, Pests and Diseases Image Library, 2009
