Myrmecia auriventris
Appearance
Myrmecia auriventris | |
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Myrmecia auriventris male | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species: | M. auriventris
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Binomial name | |
Myrmecia auriventris Mayr, 1870[1]
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Myrmecia auriventris is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is endemic to Australia and is commonly distributed in Queensland.[2]
Worker ants are typically 18-20 millimetres long. Drones are smaller at 15.5 millimetres. The head, pronotum, gaster, and other features are a black colour, while the node, epinotum, and metanotum is red. Other features like the mandibles, antennae and tarsi are a reddish yellow, while other parts are brown.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Myrmecia auriventris (Mayr, 1870)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "Myrmecia ludlowi Crawley, 1922". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 40–42.
- ^ Mayr, G. (1876). "Die australischen Formiciden" (PDF). Journal des Museum Godeffroy. 12.
External links
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