Myrmecia subfasciata

Myrmecia subsfaciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. subfasciata
Binomial name
	Myrmecia subfasciata; Viehmeyer, 1924[1]

Myrmecia subfasciata is an ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution in Australia is not exactly known but a specimen was collected in Liverpool. It was described by Viehmeyer in 1924.[2][3]

The average worker length is 21 millimetres long. The Myrmecia subfasciata has a very similar appearance to the Myrmecia gulosa and the Myrmecia pyriformis.[4]

References

"Myrmecia subfasciata (Viehmeyer, 1924)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Myrmecia subfasciata Viehmeyer, 1924". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
Viehmeyer, H (1924). Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. p. 221.
Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 37–38.

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[ITIS_standard_report_-_Myrmecia_subfasciata_(Clark,_1943)-1] "Myrmecia subfasciata (Viehmeyer, 1924)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[bie.ala.org.au-2] "Myrmecia subfasciata Viehmeyer, 1924". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

[Viehmeyer-3] Viehmeyer, H (1924). Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. p. 221.

[Clark1951-4] Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 37–38.