Myrmecia picta
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Myrmecia picta Smith, 1858
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Myrmecia picta is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. It is native to Australia. Myrmecia picta is distributed throughout all of Australia.[1]
The length of Myrmecia picta is around 13.5-14.5 millimetres long. Most of the body is in a black colour, mandibles are yellow; antennae and anterior legs are a reddish yellow. Colour of nodes range in colour, being brown or a reddish colour.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ "Myrmecia picta Smith, 1858". 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. 139–142.
- ^ Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 100. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.
External links[]
- Media related to Myrmecia picta at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Myrmeciinae
- Hymenoptera of Australia
- Insects described in 1858
- Insects of Australia
- Myrmeciinae stubs