Myrmecia tepperi

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Myrmecia tepperi
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M. tepperi worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. tepperi
Binomial name
Myrmecia tepperi
Emery, 1898

Myrmecia tepperi is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia. Their distribution is large in Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales. [1]

Myrmecia tepperi is a small bull ant species at only 10.5-12 millimetres in length Queens are the biggest at 14-15 millimetres, and males are slightly bigger than the workers at 12.5 millimetres. Most of the body is a blackish-brown colour. The mandibles, antennae, and legs are also a brownish like colour. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Myrmecia tepperi Emery, 1898". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 172–173.
  3. Emery, C (1898). Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane (PDF). Bologna. pp. 231–245.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Wheeler, W.M (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 253.