| Myrmecia midas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. midas |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia midas | |
Myrmecia midas is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia. Myrmecia midas is distributed mainly along the coastlines of several eastern Australian states. It was first described by John S. Clark in 1951. [2]
Workers are typically 13-15 millimetres long, with the queens bigger at 18-19 millimetres and the males smaller. The head and thorax are red, the gaster black, and the mandibles, antennae, and the legs are brownish red. [3]