Chelaner lacunosus

The ant is apparently very rare, having been recorded in the SWBP on two occasions from Eneabba and once in Cape Arid National Park. Elsewhere in WA it has been found in Queen Victoria Spring Nature Reserve. There is also one record from SA.

Identification
Heterick (2009) - Workers depart from the usual predominantly glabrous appearance found in most other members of its species group, in that the body surfaces are covered with many short, erect setae.

Distribution
WA, SA.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  lacunosum. Monomorium lacunosum Heterick, 2001: 382, figs. 25, 58 (w.) AUSTRALIA.