Myrmecia picta

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Myrmecia picta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. picta
Binomial name
Myrmecia picta
Smith, 1858

Myrmecia picta is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . It is native to Australia. Myrmecia picta is distributed throughout all of Australia. [1]

The length of Myrmecia picta is around 13.5-14.5 millimetres long. Most of the body is in a black colour, mandibles are yellow; antennae and anterior legs are a reddish yellow. Colour of nodes range in colour, being brown or a reddish colour. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Myrmecia picta Smith, 1858". 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. 139–142.
  3. Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 100. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)