Myrmecia hirsuta

Myrmecia hirsuta is a species of bull ant, belonging to the 90 species in the genus Myrmecia. The species was described in 1951 by John Clark. Myrmecia hirsuta is distributed across the whole country of Australia, with their distribution is in most Australian states.[1]

Myrmecia hirsuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Myrmeciinae
Genus:
Myrmecia
Species:
M. hirsuta
Binomial name
Myrmecia hirsuta
Clark, 1951

Workers are 21-33 millimetres long, and could be bigger. The head, jaws, antennae, thorax, legs, and most of their features are in a brownish red colour, with some black colouring as well. Their jaws are longer than their own head, like many other bull ant species.[2]

References
  1. "Myrmecia hirsuta Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 109–110.


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