Myrmecia aberrans

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Myrmecia aberrans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. aberrans
Binomial name
Myrmecia aberrans
Forel, 1900

Myrmecia aberrans is an Australian bull ant of the genus Myrmecia . It is mostly spotted in South Australia and the states surroundings. The species of the bull ant was first described in 1900. The average length is around 12 millimetres. M. aberrans ants are commonly known as "wide jawed bull ants". [1]

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The species of this bull ant all tend to be in very dark colours, but is quite distinct in comparison to other darker Myrmecia species. [2] [3]

Distribution

Main observations of M. aberrans is only around South Australia. [4] No specimen of the species has been recorded outside of South Australia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Myrmecia aberrans Forel". Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Wheeler, W.M. (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. p. 179.
  3. ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 122–124.
  4. ↑ "Myrmecia aberrans Forel, 1900". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 9 March 2014.


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