Myrmecia gilberti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. gilberti
Binomial name
Myrmecia gilberti
Forel, 1910

Myrmecia gilberti is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. This species is distributed throughout all of the eastern states and regions of Australia.[1]

Their appearance is similar to the jack jumper ant. Workers grow from a lot of sizes ranging from 9.5 to 15 millimetres in length, while females grow to 16.5 millimetres and the males only grow to 11.5 millimetres. The mandibles, legs, and antennae is a brown colour, but the tarsi is a lighter colour. The head is black while the thorax is between black and a golden yellow on top of the thorax.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Myrmecia gilberti Forel, 1910". 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. 136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 169–171.
  4. ↑ Emery, C (1911). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum. p. 21.


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