Myrmecia auriventris | |
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Myrmecia auriventris male | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species: | M. auriventris
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Binomial name | |
Myrmecia auriventris Mayr, 1870
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Myrmecia auriventris is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is endemic to Australia and is commonly distributed in Queensland. [2]
Worker ants are typically 18-20 millimetres long. Drones are smaller at 15.5 millimetres. The head, pronotum, gaster, and other features are a black colour, while the node, epinotum, and metanotum is red. Other features like the mandibles, antennae and tarsi are a reddish yellow, while other parts are brown. [3] [4]
Myrmecia auriventris | |
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Myrmecia auriventris male | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
Genus: | Myrmecia |
Species: | M. auriventris
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Binomial name | |
Myrmecia auriventris Mayr, 1870
[1]
|
Myrmecia auriventris is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is endemic to Australia and is commonly distributed in Queensland. [2]
Worker ants are typically 18-20 millimetres long. Drones are smaller at 15.5 millimetres. The head, pronotum, gaster, and other features are a black colour, while the node, epinotum, and metanotum is red. Other features like the mandibles, antennae and tarsi are a reddish yellow, while other parts are brown. [3] [4]