Myrmecia michaelseni is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. They are mostly distributed and studied in Western Australia.[1]
| Myrmecia michaelseni | |
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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. michaelseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia michaelseni Forel, 1907
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The average length of a worker ant is 10-12 millimetres long. Queens are 13.5-15 millimetres long, and males are smaller. They are similar to the Jack jumper ant. They are mostly black, but the mandibles, antennae and legs are light brown, and the tarsi is reddish. The colours for the queen is exactly the same as the workers.[2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Myrmecia michaelseni Forel, 1907". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 204–206.
- ^ Wheeler, GC (1971). Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pac. p. 250.
- ^ Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.
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