Biology:Myrmecia maura
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Short description: Species of ant
| Myrmecia maura | |
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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. maura
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia maura Wheeler, 1933
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Myrmecia maura is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia . Their distribution in Australia is mostly around the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.[1]
The average length of a worker Myrmecia maura is 11-13 millimetres in length. The queens are normally larger at 14-16 millimetres in length. The mandibles are notably smaller than most species. It is mostly black, and the mandibles, antennae, and tarsi are a reddish yellow colour. The teeth on the mandibles are different however which is a blackish-brown colour, and parts of the legs are a reddish brown.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia maura Wheeler, 1933". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+maura.
- ↑ Brown, William (1953). Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. pp. 18. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/b/b6/Brown_1953j.pdf.
- ↑ Wheeler, W.M (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 51.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 76–77. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q13868845 entry
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