Biology:Myrmecia midas
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Short description: Species of ant
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| Species: | M. midas
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| Myrmecia midas Clark, 1951[1]
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Myrmecia midas is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia . Myrmecia midas is distributed mainly along the coastlines of several eastern Australian states. It was first described by John S. Clark in 1951.[2]
Workers are typically 13-15 millimetres long, with the queens bigger at 18-19 millimetres and the males smaller. The head and thorax are red, the gaster black, and the mandibles, antennae, and the legs are brownish red.[3]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia midas (Clark, 1951)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=578238. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ "Myrmecia midas Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+midas. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 55–56. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q13868855 entry
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