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Myrmecia harderi
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M. harderi
Binomial name
Myrmecia harderi
Forel, 1910

Myrmecia harderi is an Australian bull ant species apart of the Myrmecia genus. They are native to Australia. They are mainly distributed in New South Wales, and some parts of Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland.[1]

The average lengths for the Myrmecia harderi is 14.5 millimetres long. The head, thorax and gaster are black, mandibles are yellow, antennae and tarsi are a reddish-yellow colour, and the legs are a brown colour.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Myrmecia harderi Forel, 1910". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 215–217.
  3. ^ *Ogata, K.; Taylor, R. W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 25: 1623-1673 (page 1661, Senior synonym of celaena)