Biology:Myrmecia auriventris
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Short description: Species of ant
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| Species: | M. auriventris
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| Myrmecia auriventris Mayr, 1870[1]
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Myrmecia auriventris is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia and is commonly distributed in Queensland.[2]
Worker ants are typically 18-20 millimetres long. Drones are smaller at 15.5 millimetres. The head, pronotum, gaster, and other features are a black colour, while the node, epinotum, and metanotum is red. Other features like the mandibles, antennae and tarsi are a reddish yellow, while other parts are brown.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia auriventris (Mayr, 1870)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=578189.
- ↑ "Myrmecia ludlowi Crawley, 1922". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+ludlowi.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 40–42. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf.
- ↑ Mayr, G. (1876). "Die australischen Formiciden". Journal des Museum Godeffroy 12. http://antcat.org/documents/2126/4375.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13868644 entry
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