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Tetraponera rufonigra

Bicoloured arboreal ant

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Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon, 1851)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Tetraponera

Tetraponera rufonigra

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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(c) Thomas Job, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Thomas Job · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Prajwal J Ullal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Prajwal J Ullal · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mahomed Desai · CC BY · iNaturalist

(c) thierry_aebischer_chinko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by thierry_aebischer_chinko · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

no rights reserved, uploaded by Andrew Quitmeyer · CC0 · iNaturalist

(c) Yuwaraj Gurjar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yuwaraj Gurjar · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

Occurrences (GBIF) 20 countries · 2741 records

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Year	Records
1926	1
1938	5
1950	1
1954	1
1958	1
1959	1
1961	2
1962	12
1966	2
1967	1
1969	1
1970	1
1971	6
1972	2
1976	7
1978	1
1982	4
1985	1
1986	1
1988	5
1989	2
1991	3
1992	1
1994	1
1995	1
1996	3
1997	6
1998	3
1999	10
2000	2
2001	3
2004	1
2006	52
2007	27
2008	2
2009	4
2011	2
2012	5
2013	1
2014	6
2015	62
2016	48
2017	21
2018	31
2019	114
2020	166
2021	150
2022	207
2023	376
2024	365
2025	601
2026	387

India · 1,303 Thailand · 478 Malaysia · 390 Singapore · 203 Sri Lanka · 89 China · 75 Bangladesh · 58 Vietnam · 51 Indonesia · 34 Nepal · 21 Myanmar (Burma) · 9 South Korea · 8 Hong Kong SAR China · 7 Cambodia · 4 Laos · 3 Gabon · 2 Pakistan · 2 Seychelles · 2 Germany · 1 Taiwan · 1

Malaysia 27/06/2026 · Izz · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

India 24/06/2026 · Rahul Patra · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

India 23/06/2026 · Sarbani Purkait · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Thailand 23/06/2026 · timmito · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

India 23/06/2026 · Debanjana Dhara · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

India 22/06/2026 · Saumili Sana · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

India 22/06/2026 · Pratyusa Garani · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

India 22/06/2026 · Soyeb Ahmed Nazir · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

India 22/06/2026 · Eshita Mukherjee · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

India 22/06/2026 · Sounabha Samanta · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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