Myrmecia

Translingual

Myrmecia pilosula

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”) +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Myrmecia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – the bulldog ants.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Formicoidea - superfamily; Formicidae - family; Myrmeciinae - subfamily; Myrmeciini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Myrmecia gulosa - type species; Myrmecia brevinoda; see Myrmecia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for other species.

References

Myrmecia (ant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Myrmecia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Myrmecia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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