Opisthopsis rufithorax

Workers are rather timid and will rapidly dart to the opposite side of a tree-trunk or drop down on the ground when approached. (Heterick 2009)

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - An Australia-wide distribution. Within the SWBP this ant is found mainly east and north of Perth.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  rufithorax. Opisthopsis rufithorax Emery, 1895g: 354, fig. 5 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Forel, 1915b: 95 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 648 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.). See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1918d: 353.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Andersen A. N., and A. V. Spain. 1996. The ant fauna of the Bowen Basin, in the Semi-arid Tropics of Central Queensland (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 213-221.
 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
 * Heterick B. E., B. Durrant, and N. R. Gunawardene. 2010. The ant fauna of the Pilbara Bioregion, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 78: 157-167.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1918. The ants of the genus Opisthopsis Emery. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62: 341-362.