Slender twig ants (Tetraponera) · Paratopula
Paratopula ceylonica
Paratopula ceylonica
Lives mainly in branches and tree hollows in primary forest. The body is orange, workers are monomorphic with no soldiers, and both workers and queens have a sting in the gaster. It hunts insects in the trees. Its name refers to Ceylon, the pre-1972 name of Sri Lanka, where it is mainly distributed and was first described.
