Myrmecia picta
Myrmecia picta | |
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M. picta worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species: | M. picta |
Binomial name | |
Myrmecia picta Smith, 1858 | |
Myrmecia picta is an Australian ant which belongs to the Myrmecia genus. It is native to Australia. Myrmecia picta is distributed throughout all of Australia.[1]
The length of Myrmecia picta is around 13.5-14.5 millimetres long. Most of the body is in a black colour, mandibles are yellow; antennae and anterior legs are a reddish yellow. Colour of nodes range in colour, being brown or a reddish colour.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia picta Smith, 1858". 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. 139–142.
- ↑ Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 100.
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