Biology:Myrmecia simillima
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Short description: Species of ant
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| M. simillima worker | |
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| Species: | M. simillima
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| Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858
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Myrmecia simillima is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia . Their distribution in Australia is massive on the coastline and inland areas of New South Wales and Victoria.[1]
The average length for a worker ant of a Myrmecia simillima is 19-23 millimetres long. Queens are of a bigger size at 22-24 millimetres in length. The head, thorax, node, and other features are brown, gaster is black, mandibles and legs and other parts are reddish, with the tarsi and funiculus is a yellowish-red.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia+simillima.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 89–91. http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/images/e/e5/Clark_1951.pdf.
- ↑ Smith, Fredrick (1858). Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London, British Museum. pp. 144.
- ↑ von Della Torre, Karl Wilhemlm (1893). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann. pp. 20.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13868958 entry
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