Myrmecia pulchra

Myrmecia pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. pulchra
Binomial name
Myrmecia pulchra
Clark, 1929[1]

Myrmecia pulchra is an Australian bull ant species, a part of the genus Myrmecia. They are native to Australia. They are heavily distributed in Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, and New South Wales, notably around the coastlines.[2]

The appearance of Myrmecia pulchra is that nearly the entire body is in a slightly light brown colour. The only exceptions is that the mandibles are slightly lighter and the thorax is completely black.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Myrmecia pulchra (Clark, 1929)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Myrmecia pulchra Clark, 1929". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ^ Brown, William (1953). Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia (PDF). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. pp. 27–28.
  4. ^ *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 1629)


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