Myrmecia harderi

Myrmecia harderi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. harderi
Binomial name
	Myrmecia harderi; Forel, 1910

Myrmecia harderi is an Australian bull ant species which is part of the genus Myrmecia. 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 length of Myrmecia harderi is 14.5 millimetres. The head, thorax and gaster are black, mandibles are yellow, antennae and tarsi are a reddish-yellow, and legs are brown.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ "Myrmecia harderi Forel, 1910". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 215–217.
^ *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)

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[bie.ala.org.au-1] "Myrmecia harderi Forel, 1910". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[Clark1951-2] 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)

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