Myrmecia croslandi

Myrmecia croslandi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. croslandi
Binomial name
Myrmecia croslandi Taylor, 1991

Myrmecia croslandi is a species of bull ant which is endemic to Australia. Myrmecia croslandi is a jumping type of bull ant, which means it could be called a jack jumper. Myrmecia croslandi are located around Australia. They can be seen throughout New South Wales and Queensland. Myrmecia croslandi was described by Taylor in 1991. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Previously considered a kind of twin-better known and polymorphic species Myrmecia pilosula . Thanks to a unique chromosome being genetically isolated in 1986 and in 1991, Australian myrmecologist Robert Taylor described it as a separate species. ^[2]

Genome

Myrmecia croslandi is the only species of eukaryote with the simplest karyotype possible, that being a single chromosome in haploid males. ^[3] Females have two chromosomes (one pair).

References

1. "Myrmecia croslandi Taylor, 1991". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
2. Taylor, Robert W. (November 1991), "Myrmecia croslandi sp.n., A karyologically remarkable new Australian jack-jumper ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF), Australian Journal of Entomology, 30 (4): 288, doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1991.tb00438.x
3. Debec, Alain; Peronnet, Romain; Lang, Michael; Molet, Mathieu (2024-07-22). "Primary cell cultures from the single-chromosome ant Myrmecia croslandi". Chromosome Research. 32 (3): 10. doi:10.1007/s10577-024-09755-x. ISSN   1573-6849. PMID   39034331.