Myrmecia banksi

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Myrmecia banksi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. banksi
Binomial name
Myrmecia banksi
Taylor, 2015

Myrmecia banksi is a species of ant in the genus Myrmecia . Described by Robert Taylor in 2015, the species is endemic to Australia in New South Wales, where it is normally found on low elevations along coastal regions. [1]

References

  1. Taylor, Robert W. (21 January 2015), "Ants with Attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF), Zootaxa, 3911 (4): 493–520, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3911.4.2, hdl: 1885/66773 , PMID   25661627 , retrieved 25 January 2015