Myrmecia tepperi
| Myrmecia tepperi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| M. tepperi worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. tepperi |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia tepperi Emery, 1898 | |
Myrmecia tepperi is an Australian ant which belongs to the Myrmecia genus. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution is large in Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales.[1]
Myrmecia tepperi is a small bull ant species at only 10.5-12 millimetres in length Queens are the biggest at 14-15 millimetres, and males are slightly bigger than the workers at 12.5 millimetres. Most of the body is a blackish-brown colour. The mandibles, antennae, and legs are also a brownish like colour.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia tepperi Emery, 1898". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ↑ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 172–173.
- ↑ Emery, C (1898). Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane (PDF). Bologna. pp. 231–245.
- ↑ Wheeler, W.M (1933). Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 253.
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