Biology:Myrmecia formosa
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Short description: Species of ant
| Myrmecia formosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia formosa Wheeler, 1933
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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
- ↑ "Myrmecia formosa Wheeler, 1933". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+formosa.
- ↑ Wheeler, W.M (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 52.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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}}]
Wikidata ☰ Q13868763 entry
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