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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
	Family:	Small Ant (Ant: Formicidae Myrmicinae)
	Species:	Spiny Cautious Ant (Meranoplus oceanicus)
	This Photo:	Dorsal
	General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~4mm long. Identified via the key in AntWiki. Diagnostic photo's are shown here.
	Copyright © 2018-2022 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 20-Dec-2018
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.