| Myrmecia hirsuta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. hirsuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia hirsuta Clark, 1951 | |
Myrmecia hirsuta is a species of bull ant, belonging to the 90 species in the genus Myrmecia . The species was described in 1951 by John Clark. Myrmecia hirsuta is distributed across the whole country of Australia, with their distribution is in most Australian states. [1]
Workers are 21-33 millimetres long, and could be bigger. The head, jaws, antennae, thorax, legs, and most of their features are in a brownish red colour, with some black colouring as well. Their jaws are longer than their own head, like many other bull ant species. [2]