Myrmecia cephalotes

Myrmecia cephalotes
M. cephalotes worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: M. cephalotes
Binomial name
Myrmecia cephalotes
Clark, 1943

Myrmecia cephalotes is an Australian ant which belongs to the Myrmecia genus. This species is native to Australia. Myrmecia cephalotes has a large distribution in central South Australia and can be found in other regions of Australia.[1]

The length of a worker Myrmecia cephalotes is 13-14.5 millimetres long. The head and gaster are black; the antennae, thorax, node, legs and other features on the body are a yellowish-red colour. The mandibles are a yellow colour.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Myrmecia cephalotes Clark, 1943". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Clark, J. (1943). "A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae)" (PDF). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 13: 83–149.
  3. ↑ Taylor, R.W. (1985). Formicoidea. Australia. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Ogata, K. (1991). "Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 16: 353–381. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1991.tb00694.x.


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