Myrmecia picticeps

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Myrmecia picticeps
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. picticeps
Binomial name
Myrmecia picticeps
Clark, 1951 [1]

Myrmecia picticeps is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia. Myrmecia picticeps has mostly been studied and found in the state of Western Australia. It was described by John S. Clark in 1951. [2]

Myrmecia picticeps is a moderate sized bull ant with the workers are an average length of 18-19 millimetres. The head is red with some sort of brown colouring, the thorax, node and postpetiole are red, gaster is black, mandibles are a yellow colour, and the antennae and legs are a reddish-yellow colour [3]

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References

  1. "Myrmecia picticeps (Clark, 1951)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. "Myrmecia picticeps Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 47–48.