Myrmecia maura

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Myrmecia maura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. maura
Binomial name
Myrmecia maura
Wheeler, 1933

Myrmecia maura is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia. Their distribution in Australia is mostly around the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales. [1]

The average length of a worker Myrmecia maura is 11-13 millimetres in length. The queens are normally larger at 14-16 millimetres in length. The mandibles are notably smaller than most species. It is mostly black, and the mandibles, antennae, and tarsi are a reddish yellow colour. The teeth on the mandibles are different however which is a blackish-brown colour, and parts of the legs are a reddish brown. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Myrmecia maura Wheeler, 1933". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. Brown, William (1953). Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia (PDF). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. p. 18.
  3. Wheeler, W.M (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 51.
  4. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 76–77.