Biology:Myrmecia formosa

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Myrmecia formosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. formosa
Binomial name
Myrmecia formosa
Wheeler, 1933

Myrmecia formosa is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia . Their distribution in Australia has notably been studied and collected in New South Wales.[1]

Myrmecia formosa is a small species, as the typical size for a worker in the species is only 10-13 millimetres in length. The clypeus, pronotum, mesonotum, and the node is a blood red colour, the gaster, sides of the thorax, half of the head and other features are black, legs are brown, tarsi is a reddish like colour, and the mandibles and antennae are a reddish yellow. This species compared to others is rather unusual with its colours.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Myrmecia formosa Wheeler, 1933". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+formosa. 
  2. Wheeler, W.M (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 52. 
  3. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 131–132. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf. 
  4. R.W Taylor, K Ogata (1991). Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection. pp. 1632. http://antcat.s3.amazonaws.com/2296/4217.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJJR3DGROFMVL2FBQ&Expires=1394690382&Signature=Lj5dKs3ZznqyNSweZvCSGiYrqTE%3D. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

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