Myrmecia testaceipes

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Myrmecia testaceipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. testaceipes
Binomial name
Myrmecia testaceipes
Clark, 1943

Myrmecia testaceipes is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia . This species is native to Australia. The distribution of Myrmecia testaceipes is throughout all of the southern states of Australia. It was described as a species by John S. Clark in 1943. [1]

The length of a worker ant in this species is around 10–11 millimetres. The head and gaster is black, thorax and node is a reddish-yellow colour. Mandibles, antennae, and legs are a yellow colour. A small part of the mandibles are however a brown colour. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Myrmecia testaceipes Clark, 1943". Atlas of Living Australia . Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Taylor, R.W. (1985). Formicoidea. Australia. p. 15.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. R.W Taylor, K Ogata (1991). Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) (PDF). Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection. p. 1666.[ permanent dead link ]