Myrmecia formosa

Myrmecia formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. formosa
Binomial name
Myrmecia formosa Wheeler, 1933

Myrmecia formosa is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia. Their distribution in Australia has notably been studied and collected in New South Wales. ^[1]

Myrmecia formosa is a small species, as the typical size for a worker in the species is only 10–13 millimetres in length. The clypeus, pronotum, mesonotum, and the node is a blood red colour, the gaster, sides of the thorax, half of the head and other features are black, legs are brown, tarsi is a reddish like colour, and the mandibles and antennae are a reddish yellow. This species compared to others is rather unusual with its colours. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. "Myrmecia formosa Wheeler, 1933". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
2. Wheeler, W.M (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 52.
3. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 131–132.
4. R.W Taylor, K Ogata (1991). Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) (PDF). Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection. p. 1632.^{[ dead link ]}