Mayriella Explained

Mayriella is an Indo-Australian genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Colonies in this genus are very small, typically consisting of 50 - 100 individuals.^[1] Mayriella is classified in the genus of Hymenoptera in the family ants. They are diurnal. https://eol.org/pages/52948

Biology

Species of this genus are encountered in moist forested areas, where most specimens have been found in wet regions, while some species have been found in dry sclerophyll areas, although this is usually uncommon.^[1] Colonies only consist of 50 - 100 individuals, and nests are found in soil, typically under stones or around a small mound that contains an entrance.^[2] Ants of this genus contain stings.^[3]

Species

• Mayriella abstinens Forel, 1902
• Mayriella ebbei Shattuck & Barnett, 2007
• Mayriella granulata Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990
• Mayriella occidua Shattuck, 2007
• Mayriella overbecki Viehmeyer, 1925
• Mayriella sharpi Shattuck & Barnett, 2007
• Mayriella spinosior Wheeler, W.M., 1935
• Mayriella transfuga Baroni Urbani, 1977
• Mayriella warchalowskii Borowiec, 2007

Notes and References

1. Shattuck, S.O. & Barnett, N.J. 2007. Revision of the ant genus Mayriella (pp. 437-458). In Snelling, R.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to E. O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp.
2. Wheeler, W. M. 1935e. The Australian ant genus Mayriella Forel. Psyche (Cambridge.) 42: 151-160 (page 151, Mayriella in Myrmicinae, Meranoplini)
3. Kugler. Charles. Stings of some species of Lordomyrmaand Mayriella (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Insecta Mundi. 1997. 11. 3–4. 193–199. 17 January 2015. Biology Department, Radford University.