Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia

This mostly images and photos site is for myrmecologist and hobbyist. While not claiming to be any authority on either of these two insects families, I published my personal encounters and experiences with these super organisms of our earth as my part and contribution to the information data bank of the internet and world wide web. This site features clear, quality photos, pictures and images of termite and ant species. Copyright Quah 2009 - 2020. All rights reserved.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Myopias sp

The Myopias genus looks a bit like Plectrotena genus which is mostly documented in the African continent.

Two workers of Myopias ants.

There is a minor size variation in the workers.

Top view of this Myopias ant worker.

Top view of this Plectroctena ant worker

Lateral view of Myopias sp.

Front view of Myopias sp.

Myopias sp. workers are monomorphic and measured at 10 millimeters.

Myopias sp.

Myopias sp.

Taxonomy:

Top Node: cellular organisms
Superkingdom: Eukayota 2759
Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208 (aka Animalia)
(No Rank): Eumetazoa 6072
(No Rank): Bilateria 33213
(No Rank): Protostomia 33317
(No Rank): Ecdysozoa 1206784
(No Rank):Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
(No Rank): Mandibulata 197563
(No Rank): Pancrustacea 197562
Superclass: Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
(No Rank): Dicondylia 85512
(No Rank): Petrygota 7496
Subclass: Neoptera33340
Infraclass: Endopterygota 33392
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
(No Rank): Apocrita 7400
Suborder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Vespoidea 34725
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Formicinae 7479

Tribe - Camponotini 72773
Genus - Camponotus 13390

Subfamily: Ponerinae 43085
Tribe: Ponerini 141711
Genus: Myopias 369171

Last Updated: 2013 02 02
First Posted: 2012 12 31
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Odontotermes sp7

This species with the soldiers measuring at 6 millimiters is just slightly larger than Odontotermes sp4 recorded in this blog. This belongs to the 'type 2' head shape.

A soldier of Odontotermes sp.

A soldier and a worker of Odontotermes sp.

Workers and a soldier of Odontotermes sp.

A soldier of Odontotermes sp.

See also:

Odontoermes longignathus.

Taxonomy:
Domain: Eukaryota
Fungi/Metazoa
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Subkingdom: Bilateria
Coelomata
Branch: Protostomia
Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Epiclass: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Dicondylia 85512
Infraclass: Pterygota 7496
Infraclass: Neoptera 33340
Orthopteroidea 33341
Superorder: Dictyoptera 6970
Order: Isoptera 7499
Family: Termitidae 46569
SubFamily: Macrotermitinae 46572
Genus: Odontotermes 60587

Species List:

001. adampurensis

002. agilis
003. akengeensis
004. amanicus
005. anamallensis
006. anceps
007. angustatus
008. angustignathus
009. angustipennis
010. annulicornis
011. apollo
012. aquaticus
013. assmuthi
014. aurora
015. badius
016. bellahunisensis
017. bequaerti
018. bhagwatii
019. billitoni
020. boetonensis
021. bomaensis
022. boranicus
023. borgoriensis
024. bottegoanus
025. boveni
026. brunneus
027. buchholzi
028. butteli
029. caffrariae
030. capensis
031. celebensis
032. ceylonicus
033. classicus
034. conignathus
035. culturarum
036. denticulatus
037. diana
038. dimorphus
039. distans
040. dives
041. djampeensis
042. domesticus
043. ebeni
044. egregius
045. elgonensis
046. erodens
047. escherichi
048. fallax
049. feae
050. feaeoides
051. fidens
052. flammifrons
053. fockianus
054. fontanellus
055. formosanus
056. foveafrons
057. fulleri
058. fuyangensis
059. ganpati
060. garambae
061. giriensis
062. globicola
063. grandiceps
064. grassei
065. gravelyi
066. guptai
067. gurdaspurensis
068. hageni
069. hainanensis
070. holmgreni
071. horai
072. horni
073. incisus
074. indicus
075. indrapurensis
076. interveniens
077. iratus
078. javanicus
079. kapuri
080. karawajevi
081. karnyi
082. kibarensis
083. koenigi
084. kulkarnii
085. lacustris
086. latericius
087. latialatus
088. latigula
089. latiguloides
090. latissimus
091. lautus
092. lobintactus
093. longignathus
094. longigula
095. longzhouensis
096. luoyangensis
097. maesodensis
098. magadalenae
099. makassarensis
100. malaccensis
101. maladictus
102. malelaensis
103. maliki
104. mathuri
105. maximus
106. mediocris
107. meridionalis
108. microdentatus
109. microps
110. minutus
111. mirganjensis
112. mohandi
113. monodon
114. montanus
115. mukimbunginis
116. neodenticulatus
117. nilensis
118. nolaensis
119. obesus
120. oblongatus
121. okahandjae
122. ostentans
123. palmquisti
124. paradenticulatus
125. paralatigula
126. parallelus
127. paraoblongatus
128. parvidens
129. patruus
130. pauperans
131. peshawarensis
132. planiceps
133. praevalens
134. preliminaris
135. pretoriensis
136. prodives
137. profeae
138. proformosanus
139. prolatigula
140. proximus
141. pujiangensis
142. pyriceps
143. qianyangensis
144. ramulosus
145. rectanguloides
146. redemanni
147. rehobothensis
148. robustus
149. rothschildianus
150. salebrifrons
151. sarawakensis
152. schmitzi
153. scrutor
154. sellathorax
155. shanglinensis
156. sikkimensis
157. silamensis
158. silvaticus
159. silvestrii
160. silvicolus
161. simalurensis
162. simplicidens
163. sinabangensis
164. singsiti
165. sjostedti
166. smeathmani
167. snyderi
168. somaliensis
169. stanleyvillensis
170. stercorivorus
171. sudanensis
172. sundaicus
173. takensis
174. tanganicus
175. taprobanes
176. terricola
177. tragardhi
178. transvaalensis
179. vaishno
180. vulgaris
181. wallonensis
182. wuzhishanensis
183. yadevi
184. yaoi
185. yarangensis
186. yunnanensis
187. zambesiensis
188. zulunatalensis
189. zunyiensis

Last Updated: 2012 12 12
First Posted: 2012 12 12
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Cerapachys

Cerapachys are sausage shaped small to mid size ants. This species polymorphic.

A major worker of Cerapachys sp.

Cerapachys ant.

Cerapachys sp(03)

Cerapachys sp(04)

Cerapachys biroi

Workers of Cerapachys biroi. Cerapachys biroi are monomorphic.

See also:

Cerapachys biroi
Cerapachys sp(03)

Taxonomy:

No rank: cellular organisms 131567

Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota 2759

No rank: Opisthokonta 33154

Kingdom: Metazoa 33208

No rank: Eumetazoa 6072

No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria 33213

No rank (Branch): Protostomia 33317

No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa

No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda 88770

Phylum: Arthropoda 6656

No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata 197563

No rank: Pancrustacea 197562

Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda 6960

Class: Insecta 50557

No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia 85512

Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota 7496

Infraclass: Neoptera 33340

Cohort: Holometabola

Order: Hymenoptera 7399

Suborder Apocrita 7400

Infraorder: Aculeata 7434

Superfamily: Formicoidea

Family: Formicidae 36668

Subfamily: Cerapachyinae

Genus: Cerapachys

Updated: 2022 -3 15
First Posted: 2012 11 22
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki

Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki is a medium size species. This rather 'fat' looking ant has tiny eyes and are mostly subterranean. This species is a specialist termite predator. Specialist termites hunters tackle their favorite termite prey in a different manner from non specialist termite hunter ants. In specialist termites hunters when they encounter termites they kill as many as they can and pile them up before transporting them back to their nest.

Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki is polygynous and like most species of this genus is monomorphic.

Like many species of this genus this ant is mostly a subterranean hunter tunneling their way underground to hunt their main prey - termites. As a major decompositor of the forest floor, termites are the main target prey for many forest ants as well as other forest predators and their are contributory to the richness in species biodiversity of invertebrates (especially ants) in the Tropical Rainforest.

Workers, drone (male) and pupae of Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki

A worker of Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki

A worker of Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki .

Workers of Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki with some larvae.

Workers of Pachycondyla havilandi with some larvae

A worker of Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki with a small larva.

A worker of Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki with some larvae.

Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki

Ectomomyrmexa sp

Ectomomyrmex sp(18)

Ectomomyrmex sp(05)

Mesoponera sp

Pseudoneoponera tridendata exasperans

Pseudoneoponera sp(14)

Pseudoneoponera sp(13)

Taxonomy

No rank: cellular organisms 131567
Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota 2759
No rank: Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
No rank: Eumetazoa 6072
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria 33213
No rank (Branch): Protostomia 33317
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata 197563
No rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia 85512
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota 7496
Infraclass: Neoptera 33340
Cohort: Holometabola
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
Suborder Apocrita 7400
Infraorder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Ponerinae 43085
Tribe: Ponerini 141711

Genus: Ectomomyrmex 2233918

Species: leeuwenhoeki 2233919

Last Updated: 2021 07 21
First Posted: 2012 11 17
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Coptotermes curvignathus

Coptotermes curvignathus quite closely resembles Coptotermes gestrio but is larger. They are not as commonly found as Coptotermes gestrio. The head capsule is also more bulb shaped.

A worker and soldier of Coptotermes curvignathus termite.

Soldiers of Coptotermes curvignathus termite.

A worker and soldier of Coptotermes curvignathus termite.

A soldier of Coptotermes curvignathus termite.

Soldiers and a worker of Coptotermes curvignathus termite.

Soldiers and a worker of Coptotermes urvignathus termite

See also:

Coptotermes gestroi

Coptotermes sp

Coptotermes general

Coptotermes sp

Coptotermes formosanus

Taxonomy

cellular organisms

Superkingdom: Eukaryota

Opisthokonta

Kingdom: Metazoa

Eumetazoa

Bilateria

Protostomia

Ecdysozoa

Panarthropoda

Phylum: Arthropoda

Mandibulata

Pancrustacea

Subphylum: Hexapoda

Class: Insecta

Unrank: Dicondylia

Subclass: Pterygota

Infraclass: Neoptera

Cohort: Polyneoptera

Unrank: Dictyoptera

Order: Blattodea

Superfamily: Blattoidea

Isoptera: 7499

Unrank: Termitoidae 1912919

Family: Rhinotermitidae 36985

Subfamily: Coptotermitinae 72853

Genus: Coptotermes 36986
Species: curvignathus 270671

Updated: 2012 10 30

Posted: 2012 10 30

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Pristomyrmex bicolor

This Pristomyrmex species is unusual in also having large prominent pronotal spines (on the first thoracic segment). Pristomyrmex genus are average size ants that are mostly found in heavily wooded areas. This species (here in this post) I have erroneous carelessly (or rather should I say, presumptuously) labelled as Pristomyrmex trachylissus instead of Pristomyrmex bicolor because I can't for the life of me see how it is bicolored. Maybe because I am color blind (which I am).

Of this genus Pristmmyrmex bicolor (though it do not appear to be bicolor, what gives) and also Pristomyrmex trachylissus are the among one of most magnificently sculptured with a lovely hue of reddish pink. Pristomyrmex bicolor is monomorphic, and looks like Pristomyrmex bicolor.

Pristomyrmex bicolor worker.