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Philidris nagasau

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Formicidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Dolichoderinae

Genus
  
Philidris

Order
  
Hymenopterans

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Similar
  
Squamellaria, Philidris, Acropyga, Macaranga, Dolichoderinae

Philidris nagasau is a species of ant in the genus Philidris. Described by Mann in 1921, the species is endemic to Fiji.

Philidris nagasau makes its living by planting seeds of epiphytes such as Squamellaria in the bark of host trees and tending them like a garden.

References

Philidris nagasau Wikipedia