Technomyrmex antonii

A common species in the sclerophyll woodlands of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales.

Identification
Bolton (2007) - A member of the T. cedarensis complex in the Technomyrmex albipes group. Answering the description of Technomyrmex cedarensis in measurements, indices and morphology, except as follows. Mesosoma pale, yellowish brown to medium brown; gaster distinctly darker than mesosoma, the two strongly contrasting. All leg segments about the same light colour as the mesosoma or uniformly lighter than the mesosoma.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  antonii. Technomyrmex bicolor var. antonii Forel, 1902h: 475 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Bolton, 2007a: 111.

Bolton (2007) - T. antonii may be nothing more than a colour variant of cedarensis (see there), with which it is sympatric and which it matches in all other repects. In cedarensis the entire body is a more or less uniform dark brown, without a strong contrast between mesosoma and gaster, and the middle and hind coxae, femora and tibiae are usually dark.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Forel A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548.
 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.