Neoponera villosa - Pachycondyla villosa
| Latin Name: |  |
Neoponera villosa Synonym: Pachycondyla villosa |
| Trivialname: |  |
- |
| Taxonomy: |  |
Subfamily: Ponerinae Tribe: Ponerini |
| Keeping Level: |  |
(2) can sting painful and are very sensitive to variations in their protein supply |
| Distribution: |  |
Southern Texas to Northargentina |
| Habitate: |  |
tropical rainforest, dryforest, open Grassland, Crops |
| Colonyform: |  |
monogyn, secondary polygyne ( observed in the lab) |
| Queen: |  |
Size: 15 - 16mm Colour: deeply green-golden glimmering, bulky thorax |
| Worker: |  |
Size: 13 - 14mm Colour: deeply green-golden glimmering |
| Soldier: |  |
not present |
| Males: |  |
Size: - Colour: - |
| Nutrion: |  |
Honeywater and insects e.g. Dipterans like Flies or Mosqitos |
| Airhumidity: |  |
Arena: 30 - 50% Nestpart: 50 - 60% |
| Temperature: |  |
Arena: 22 - 28°C Nestpart: 21 - 24°C |
| Hibernation: |  |
no |
| Nestform: |  |
Build their nest in soil |
| Kind of Formicaria: |  |
Farm, Farmbasin, Basin, Framebasin, Island, Acrylcylinder, Ytong/ Plaster |
| Formicaria size: |  |
Size: M - L |
| Substrate: |  |
Farm: Sand-Loam, Humus Arena: Sand, Sand-Loam |
| Planting: |  |
similar to Forestareas with moss and tropicalvegetation, climbingpossibilties recommend |
| Decoration: |  |
Branches, Roots, Treeneedels |
| Description: |  |
Beautiful, heavy green-gold glimmering species from Southamerica. Got rather small colony sizes. They live upside. They have a sting. To prevent potential mould growth in the basin the very high humidity might be relinquished. |
| Development: |  |
matingflight: - founding: semiclaustral (with feeding) mainly by a single queen but also pleometrosis with up to 3 Queens possible( approx. 40%) colonysize: only a few hundred worker |
| Quantity: |  |
one fertilized queen with workers (see selection); brood (depending on the season and development) |
| Weblinks: |  |
- Forum - Reference |