Myrmecia fulgida

Myrmecia fulgida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. fulgida
Binomial name
Myrmecia fulgida Clark, 1951

Myrmecia fulgida is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia. Their distribution mostly in Western Australia and some areas of the east of Australia. ^[1]

Myrmecia fulgida is a large bull ant species. Their lengths for an average worker is 24-26 millimetres long. The head and thorax is a brownish red colour. The legs are lighter as well as the antennae. The gaster is black while the mandibles are a yellow colour. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Myrmecia fulgida Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
2. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 73–74.
3. 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. 1657.^{[ permanent dead link ]}