Myrmecia fulvipes

Myrmecia fulvipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: M. fulvipes
Binomial name
Myrmecia fulvipes
Roger, 1861

Myrmecia fulvipes, or another name the Jack Jumper ant is a bull ant belonging the Myrmecia genus. Native to Australia, these bull ants are commonly located in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.[1]

Characteristics

The genus of these bull ants fall under the Myrmecia species, or commonly known as "bull ants". Their appearance is similar to the Jack jumper ant. Their jaws and most of their body are coloured black, with their legs being orange and their abdomen being a golden colour. Workers are 9-13 millimetres long and their queens are larger at 14-16 millimetres long.[2][3]

Like the Jack jumper ant, they have the ability to jump short distances. The usually use this tactic to flee or to attack their targets. Their main source of food is insects for their larvae and honey water.[4]

References

  1. "Myrmecia fulvipes Roger, 1861". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 165–168.
  3. Brown, William (1953). Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia (PDF). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
  4. "Myrmecia fulvipes". World of Ants. Retrieved 10 March 2014.


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