Myrmecia comata
| Myrmecia comata | |
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| Myrmecia comata worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. comata
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia comata Clark, 1951
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Myrmecia comata is an Australian ant in the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia and distributed mostly around Queensland. It was described as a species by John S. Clark in 1951.[1]
Myrmecia comata has some similarities with M. flavicoma. Workers grow can from 18 to 20 millimetres in length. The head, node, and postpetiole is a reddish-brown, gaster is black, and the mandibles, antennae, and legs are a yellowish-brown colour.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Myrmecia comata Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. p. 43.
- ^ Wheeler, GC (1971). Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pac. p. 247.