Myrmecia forceps
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| M. forceps worker | |
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| Species: | M. forceps
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| Myrmecia forceps Roger, 1861
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Myrmecia forceps is an Australian ant which belongs to the Myrmecia genus. This species is native to Australia. They are a common species distributed in most of the southern regions of Australia. They were described by Roger in 1861.[1]
Characteristics
Myrmecia forceps is a moderately big bull ant at 19-24 millimetres long. Queens are the biggest at 25 millimetres while the males are smaller. The head and thorax is brown, femora is in a lighter brown colour, mandibles, antennae and several other features can be yellow or reddish yellow.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Myrmecia forceps Roger, 1861". 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. 24–25.
- ^ Brown, William (1953). Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia (PDF). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. p. 7.