Myrmecia elegans

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Myrmecia elegans
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Myrmecia elegans worker specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. elegans
Binomial name
Myrmecia elegans
Clark, 1943 [1]

Myrmecia elegans is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . It is a native species to Australia. The Myrmecia elegans is distributed in the more western states and regions of the country. [2]

The average length for the Myrmecia elegans is 13–14.5 millimetres. The head, gaster, and other features are black, thorax and node (i.e. nodus) are bright red, the mandibles and antennae are yellow. Legs are a reddish yellow colour. [3] [4]

The mandibles are often quite dark in colour, but can also be light yellow. The mesosoma varies from uniformly red or orange to bicoloured dark red and black. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Myrmecia elegans (Clark, 1943)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Myrmecia elegans Clark, 1943". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 122.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ Wheeler, GC (1971). Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pac. p. 248.
  5. ↑ "Myrmecia elegans - AntWiki". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 2023-07-24.


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