Myrmecia chasei

Myrmecia chasei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. chasei
Binomial name
	Myrmecia chasei; Forel, 1894

Myrmecia chasei is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. The Myrmecia chasei has a large presence and distribution in the south-eastern areas of Western Australia.^[1]

The length of a worker ant in the Myrmecia chasei species is around 12-15.5 millimetres long. However workers can get larger than the average length. Queens are 22-24 millimetres long while males are only 14.5 millimetres. The head of this species is a black colour, the antennae and legs are brown, and the mandibles are a yellow colour. The thorax and node is in a light red colour.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ "Myrmecia chasei Forel, 1894". 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. 212–215.
^ Wheeler, GC (1971). Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pac. p. 247.
^ Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 115.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[bie.ala.org.au-1] "Myrmecia chasei Forel, 1894". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[Clark1951-2] Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 212–215.

[Wheeler1971-3] Wheeler, GC (1971). Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pac. p. 247.

[Clark1943-4] Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 115.^{[permanent dead link]}

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