Biology:Myrmecia picta
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Short description: Species of ant
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| M. picta worker | |
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| Species: | M. picta
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| Myrmecia picta Smith, 1858
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Myrmecia picta is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. It is native to Australia . Myrmecia picta is distributed throughout all of Australia.[1]
The length of Myrmecia picta is around 13.5-14.5 millimetres long. Most of the body is in a black colour, mandibles are yellow; antennae and anterior legs are a reddish yellow. Colour of nodes range in colour, being brown or a reddish colour.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia picta Smith, 1858". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+picta.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 139–142. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf.
- ↑ Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Victoria. pp. 100. http://gap.entclub.org/taxonomists/Clark,%20J/1943.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13868897 entry
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