Biology:Myrmecia dispar
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| Myrmecia dispar Clark, 1951[1]
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Myrmecia dispar is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia . They are distributed nationwide, and the species was first described by John S. Clark in 1951.[1][2]
The average size of a typical worker ant is 9.5-11 millimetres, making the Myrmecia dispar among the smallest species of bull ant. The head and gaster are of a chocolate brown colour, thorax, node, and the legs are reddish-brown, and the mandibles and tarsi are a reddish-yellow colour.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Myrmecia dispar (Clark, 1951)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=578204. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ↑ "Myrmecia dispar Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+dispar. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 226–227. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf.
- ↑ D.R. Brown, R. W. Taylor (1985). Formicoidea. Australia. pp. 8.
Wikidata ☰ Q13868707 entry
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