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Myrmecia petiolata

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Myrmecia petiolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. petiolata
Binomial name
Myrmecia petiolata
Emery, 1895

Myrmecia petiolata is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. This species has mainly been observed and distributed in the north of Queensland. It was first described by Carlo Emery in 1895.[1]

Average length for a typical worker ant is 11-13 millimetres long. It is mainly a blackish-brown colour. Mandibles, tarsi, and other features are yellow, scapes and anterior and several other features is a yellowish brown. Head and thorax is blackish-brown.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Myrmecia petiolata Emery, 1895". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 112–113.
  3. ^ Emery, C (1895). Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Belgium. pp. 345.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)