ANTS OF A MALLEE OUTLIER 
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Victorian National Parks and Wildlife Service 
Reserve. Its unique biogeography make it a sig¬ 
nificant part of Victoria’s natural heritage. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
We are most grateful to Dr and Mrs Baker for 
allowing us to work on their property, and for 
their efforts in protecting what remains of Long 
Forest mallee. Dr J. D. Majer and two anony¬ 
mous referees made valuable comments on the 
draft manuscript. This is TERC library contri¬ 
bution no. 677. 
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APPENDIX 
List of ant species recorded at Long Forest mallee. 
Authorities for species names are given in Taylor & 
Brown (1985). The biogeographical affinity of each 
species (B = Bassian, E = Eyrean, W = widespread) is 
also given. 
Myrmeciinae 
Myrmecia (teperri gp) dixoni (W) 
M. (nigriceps gp) fasciata (W) 
M. forceps (W) 
M. (urens gp) Idichospila (W) 
M. pyriformis (W) 
M. urens (W) 
M. (mandibularis gp) sp. (W) 
Ponerinae 
Hypoponera sp. (W) 
Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis (B) 
Trachymesopus rufoniger (B) 
Myrmicinae 
Crematogaster sp. (W) 
Epopostruma ,i quadrispinosa ,> (B) 
