Myrmecia cephalotes

Myrmecia cephalotes
Myrmecia cephalotes worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. cephalotes
Binomial name
Myrmecia cephalotes Clark, 1943

Myrmecia cephalotes is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia. Myrmecia cephalotes has a large distribution in central South Australia and can be found in other regions of Australia. ^[1]

The length of a worker Myrmecia cephalotes is 13–14.5 millimetres long. The head and gaster are black; the antennae, thorax, node, legs and other features on the body are a yellowish-red colour. The mandibles are a yellow colour. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. "Myrmecia cephalotes Clark, 1943". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
2. Clark, J. (1943). "A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae)" (PDF). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 13: 83–149. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1943.13.05. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2014.
3. Taylor, R.W. (1985). Formicoidea. Australia. p. 7.
4. Ogata, K. (1991). "Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 16 (3): 353–381. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1991.tb00694.x. S2CID   84453095.