Biology:Myrmecia tepperi
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Short description: Species of ant
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| M. tepperi worker | |
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| Species: | M. tepperi
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| Myrmecia tepperi Emery, 1898
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Myrmecia tepperi is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia . Their distribution is large in Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales.[1]
Myrmecia tepperi is a small bull ant species at only 10.5-12 millimetres in length Queens are the biggest at 14-15 millimetres, and males are slightly bigger than the workers at 12.5 millimetres. Most of the body is a blackish-brown colour. The mandibles, antennae, and legs are also a brownish like colour.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia tepperi Emery, 1898". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+tepperi.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 172–173. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf.
- ↑ Emery, C (1898). Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane. Bologna. pp. 231–245. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/a/aa/Emery_1898.pdf.
- ↑ Wheeler, W.M (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 253.
Wikidata ☰ Q13868979 entry
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