Myrmecia midas

Myrmecia midas is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. Myrmecia midas is distributed mainly along the coastlines of several eastern Australian states. It was first described by John S. Clark in 1951.[2]

Myrmecia midas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Myrmeciinae
Genus:
Myrmecia
Species:
M. midas
Binomial name
Myrmecia midas
Clark, 1951[1]

Workers are typically 13-15 millimetres long, with the queens bigger at 18-19 millimetres and the males smaller. The head and thorax are red, the gaster black, and the mandibles, antennae, and the legs are brownish red.[3]

References
  1. "Myrmecia midas (Clark, 1951)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. "Myrmecia midas Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 55–56.


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