Myrmecia fulviculis

Myrmecia fulviculis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. fulviculis
Binomial name
Myrmecia fulviculis Forel, 1913

Myrmecia fulviculis, the toothless bullant, is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia and is usually distributed along the coastlines of New South Wales and Queensland. ^[1]

The species has a resemblance of the M. fulvipes . The average size is around 13–14.5 millimetres long. Queens are around 21 millimetres long and males are a similar size to the workers. The head, thorax, and node are a black colour, while the mandibles and antennae is reddish brown. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. "Myrmecia fulviculis Forel, 1913". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
2. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 162–165.
3. Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 144. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.
4. Forel, A (1913). Fourmis de Tasmanie et d'Australie récoltées par MM. Lae, Froggatt etc. p. 174.