Myopias

Myopias forms small colonies with less than 100 workers in rotten wood (in rainforests) or in soil under or between rocks (in drier woodlands). Workers are known to prey on a range of arthropods, including Collembola, millipedes and, in one case, other ants. They are infrequently collected and little is known of their biology.



Worker of M. tenuis from Queensland.

Identification
With the head viewed from the front, the clypeus forms a central projection which extends well forward of the regions to either side, and the frontal lobes and antennal sockets are very near the front margin. The mandibles are almost always long and slender (in one species they are expanded and nearly triangular) and there is always a gap between them and the front of the clypeus when they are closed.

The narrowly projecting clypeus is unique to these ants, and most species also have unusually long and slender mandibles. These characters will separate these ants from other ponerines found in Australia.

Distribution and Habitats
Australian distribution

Regional Species Lists

 * Australia

Keys to Species

 * Australia