Myrmecia eungellensis is an Australian bull ant species, a part of the genus Myrmecia. They are native to Australia. Myrmecia eungellensis is primarily seen only in Queensland.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. eungellensis
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| Myrmecia eungellensis Ogata & Taylor, 1991[1]
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Myrmecia eungellensis is mainly dark brown. The legs and antennae are of a lighter brown colour, and the thorax is a darker brown compared to the rest of the body and half golden yellow. The mandibles are the same colour as the legs and antennae.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Myrmecia eungellensis (Ogata & Taylor, 1991)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "Myrmecia eungellensis Ogata & Taylor, 1991". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ Taylor, R.W., Ogata, K (1991). Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae).
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