Myrmecia ferruginea

Myrmecia ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. ferruginea
Binomial name
	Myrmecia ferruginea; Mayr, 1876

Myrmecia ferruginea is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. The Myrmecia ferrguinea has been notably distributed in Queensland.^[2]

Being described in 1876 by Mayr, the Myrmecia ferruginea has a similar identity to the M. nigriceps.^[3] The appearance of the Myrmecia ferruginea is mostly a reddish like colour. It was once assumed to be a colour variant of the M. nigriceps as well.^[4]

References[]

^ "Myrmecia ferruginea (Mayr, 1876)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
^ "Myrmecia ferruginea Mayr, 1876". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
^ Mayr, G. (1876). "Die australischen Formiciden" (PDF). Journal des Museum Godeffroy. 95: 93.
^ Brown, William (1953). Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia (PDF). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. p. 22.

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[ITIS_standard_report_-_Myrmecia_ferruginea_(Mayr,_1876)-1] "Myrmecia ferruginea (Mayr, 1876)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

[bie.ala.org.au-2] "Myrmecia ferruginea Mayr, 1876". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

[Mayr1876-3] Mayr, G. (1876). "Die australischen Formiciden" (PDF). Journal des Museum Godeffroy. 95: 93.

[Brown1953-4] Brown, William (1953). Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia (PDF). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. p. 22.

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