Myrmecia subfasciata
| Myrmecia subfasciata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. subfasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia subfasciata Viehmeyer, 1924[1]
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Myrmecia subfasciata is an ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is endemic to Australia. Their distribution in Australia is not exactly known but a specimen was collected in Liverpool. It was described by Viehmeyer in 1924.[2][3]
The average worker length is 21 millimetres long. The Myrmecia subfasciata has a very similar appearance to the Myrmecia gulosa and the Myrmecia pyriformis.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Myrmecia subfasciata (Viehmeyer, 1924)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "Myrmecia subfasciata Viehmeyer, 1924". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Viehmeyer, H (1924). Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. p. 221.
- ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 37–38.