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Myrmecia fulgida

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Myrmecia fulgida
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M. fulgida
Binomial name
Myrmecia fulgida
Clark, 1951

Myrmecia fulgida is an Australian ant which belongs to the Myrmecia genus. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution mostly in Western Australia and some areas of the east of Australia.[1]

The Myrmecia fulgida is a large bull ant species. Their lengths for an average worker is 24-26 millimetres long. The head and thorax is a brownish red colour. The legs are lighter as well as the antennae. The gaster is black while the madnibles are a yellow colour.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Myrmecia fulgida Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 73–74.
  3. ^ R.W Taylor, K Ogata (1991). Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae) (PDF). Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection. p. 1657.