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Oecophylla smaragdina (Green tree ant)

Synonyms: Formica smaragdina

Wikipedia Abstract

Oecophylla smaragdina (common names include weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster) is a species of arboreal ant found in Asia and Australia. They make nests in trees made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by their larvae. Weaver ants may be red or green. In Malaysia, they are labelled as kerengga (In Malay, semut api are fire ants, which belong to a different genus, Solenopsis). The larvae and pupae are collected and processed into bird food, fish bait and in the production of traditional medicines in Thailand and Indonesia. \n* \n* \n* \n* \n*
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Infraspecies

Oecophylla smaragdina fuscoides
Oecophylla smaragdina gracilior
Oecophylla smaragdina gracillima
Oecophylla smaragdina longinoda
Oecophylla smaragdina selebensis
Oecophylla smaragdina smaragdina
Oecophylla smaragdina subnitida
Oecophylla smaragdina var. smaragdina
Oecophylla smaragdina var. textor

Prey / Diet

Predators

Dinopium benghalense (Lesser Goldenback)[2]
Dinopium psarodes (Lesser Sri Lanka Flameback)[2]
Irediparra gallinacea (Comb-crested Jacana)[3]
Oriolus flavocinctus (Green Oriole)[2]
Stichopogon bancrofti[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 3Dostine, P. L., & Morton, S. R. (2000). Seasonal abundance and diet of the comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea in the tropical Northern Territory. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 100(4), 299-311.
♦ 4Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0