Extant: 6 valid subspecies
Physatta natalensis Smith, 1858a PDF: 172 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Santschi, 1925c PDF: 144 (q.m.).Combination in Heptacondylus: Roger, 1863b PDF: 27.Combination in Myrmicaria: Mayr, 1866b PDF: 905; Emery, 1922c PDF: 123; Santschi, 1933b PDF: 105.Combination in Myrmica: Santschi, 1925c PDF: 143 (error).Synonym of Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides: Mayr, 1866b PDF: 905; Gerstäcker, 1871: 356; Emery, 1893g PDF: 219; Wheeler, 1922: 824; Emery, 1922c PDF: 123.[Note: Mayr, 1866b PDF, Gerstäcker, 1871, Emery, 1893g PDF, Wheeler, 1922a, and Emery, 1922c PDF all give Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides as senior synonym, but Myrmicaria natalensis has priority.].Status as species: Roger, 1863b PDF: 27; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 423; Emery, 1922c PDF: 123; Santschi, 1925c PDF: 143 (redescription); Santschi, 1930b PDF: 61; Santschi, 1933b PDF: 105; Santschi, 1937d PDF: 226; Bernard, 1953b PDF: 229; Bolton, 1995b: 285.Senior synonym of Myrmicaria sulcatus: Emery, 1893g PDF: 219; Emery, 1922c PDF: 123; Wheeler, 1922: 824; Santschi, 1925c PDF: 142; Bolton, 1995b: 285.
Myrmicaria natalensis, commonly known as the Natal droptail ant, is a species of ant with an extensive range in the Afrotropics. It has been recorded from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Uganda, DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia and South Africa, where the type was obtained.[1][2] Like others in its genus, it has a distinctive down-curved gaster and spines on the mesosoma.
Workers with ant prey
An unmated queen
Myrmicaria natalensis, commonly known as the Natal droptail ant, is a species of ant with an extensive range in the Afrotropics. It has been recorded from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Uganda, DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia and South Africa, where the type was obtained. Like others in its genus, it has a distinctive down-curved gaster and spines on the mesosoma.
Workers with ant prey
An unmated queen
