Biology:Myrmecia piliventris
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Myrmecia piliventris (commonly named golden tail bull ant) is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia . The Myrmecia piliventris is distributed Australia wide, but they're not too common in the western regions of Australia.[1]
Characteristics
The typical size for a worker is around 10–15.5 millimetres long. The species is black mostly, with the exceptions where the mandibles, antennae and legs are dark brown. The tarsi is lighter but with a more reddish tone. The abdomen is a golden yellow colour. They have similarities to some Myrmecia species as they do not have teeth, which most of its kind contain.[2][3][4]
Myrmecia piliventris has a genome similar to that of the jack jumper ant. However its chromosome complement is n=2, higher than the jack jumper ant, but most of its relatives of the genus Myrmecia have a much higher chromosome count.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia piliventris Smith, 1858". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+piliventris.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 156–158. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf.
- ↑ Mayr, G. (1876). "Die australischen Formiciden". Journal des Museum Godeffroy 12: 93. http://antcat.org/documents/2126/4375.pdf.
- ↑ Wheeler, GC (1971). Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pac. pp. 251.
- ↑ Taylor, R.W., Imai, H.T. (1986). The exceptionally low chromosome number n=2 in an Australian bulldog ant Myrmecia piliventris. pp. 20.
- ↑ Taylor, R.W. (1990). Notes on the remarkable karyology of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops, and of the related genus Myrmecia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).. Hindawi Publishing. http://psyche.entclub.org/97/97-133.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q13868907 entry
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