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The bulldog ant Myrmecia brevinoda is the largest ant in the world in terms of average worker size [1]. The ant fauna of Australia is large and diverse. As of 1999, Australia and its external territories represent 1,275 described taxa (subspecies included) divided into 103 genera and 10 subfamilies. [2]
The jack jumper ant (Myrmecia pilosula), also known as the jack jumper, jumping jack, hopper ant, or jumper ant, is a species of venomous ant native to Australia.Most frequently found in Tasmania and southeast mainland Australia, it is a member of the genus Myrmecia, subfamily Myrmeciinae, and was formally described and named by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858.
The size of the queen and male are unpublished, but their physical characteristics are described by Lubbock (1896). They are black with paler legs and antennae. Their nest entrances have no surrounding mound and are 0.25 inches (0.64 cm) wide and 1 inch (2.5 cm) deep. The nests consist of a central shaft measuring 5–6 ft (1.5–1.8 m) and ...
Species have an army-ant life style, including group predation and nomadism. [5] Queens are similar to the true army ants (subfamily Dorylinae).That is, Onychomyrmex queens are dichthadiiform, having a broadened head, very small eyes, worker-like alitrunk without wings or sclerites, and an elongated bulky gaster.
Notoncus is an Australian genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. [2] The genus is known from Australia (one species is also known from Papua New Guinea), where the ants nest in the soil or on the ground under stones and logs in forested areas. The ants are also common in gardens and parks. [3]
Ants – social insects with geniculate (elbowed) antennae and a distinctive node-like structure that forms a slender waist. Ants are of the family Formicidae and evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago, diversifying after the rise of flowering plants.
Myrmecia formosa is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution in Australia has notably been studied and collected in New South Wales. [1] Myrmecia formosa is a small species, as the typical size for a worker in the species is only 10–13 millimetres in length. The clypeus ...
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