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.

Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Hospitalitermes sp

This Hospitalitermes species is a completely black in color except for the feet. Hospitalitermes sp(01).

See also:

Hospitalitermes genus

Hospitalitermes bicolor

Lacessititermes sp

Taxonomy:
No rank: Opisthokonta
Kingdom: Metazoa
No rank: Eumetazoa
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria
No rank (Branch): Protostomia
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata
No rank: Pancrustacea
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
No rank (Superorder): Dictyoptera
Order: Blattodea
Superfamily: Blattoidea
No rank: Termitiodea
Family: Nasutitermitidae
Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae
Genus: Hospitalitermes

First Posted: 2023 12 23
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Cerapachys sp

The sausage ant Cerapachys. Cerapachys sp03 is a typical monomorphic species. Some species of Cerapachys are polymorphic.

See also:

Cerapachys genus

Cerapachys biroi

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 219563
Tribe: Cerappachyini 219768

Genus: Cerapachys 219769

Updated: 2023 11 22
First Posted: 2023 11 22
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Pheidole sp

This is another average medium size species of Pheidole ant with major workers at around 5 mm and minor workers at around 3 mm.

Here we see that one major worker (center) is actually larger than the other (left) but this however do not qualify as dimorphism in the major worker caste as sometimes this happens due to nutritional differences