Myrmecia impaternata

Myrmecia impaternata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: M. impaternata
Binomial name
Myrmecia impaternata
Taylor, 2015

Myrmecia impaternata is a species of ant in the genus Myrmecia. Described by Robert Taylor in 2015, the species is endemic to Australia and is common in Canberra and around Armidale. Observations of the species have been confirmed in Queensland.[1]

References

  1. Taylor, Robert W. (21 January 2015), "Ants with Attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF), Zootaxa, 3911 (4): 493–520, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3911.4.2, PMID 25661627, retrieved 25 January 2015


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