Myrmecia cephalotes

Myrmecia cephalotes
M. cephalotes worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: M. cephalotes
Binomial name
Myrmecia cephalotes
Clark, 1943

Myrmecia cephalotes is an Australian ant which belongs to the Myrmecia genus. This species is native to Australia. Myrmecia cephalotes has a large distribution in central South Australia and can be found in other regions of Australia.[1]

The length of a worker Myrmecia cephalotes is 13-14.5 millimetres long. The head and gaster are black; the antennae, thorax, node, legs and other features on the body are a yellowish-red colour. The mandibles are a yellow colour.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Myrmecia cephalotes Clark, 1943". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. Clark, J. (1943). "A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae)" (PDF). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 13: 83–149.
  3. Taylor, R.W. (1985). Formicoidea. Australia. p. 7.
  4. Ogata, K. (1991). "Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 16: 353–381. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1991.tb00694.x.


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