Myrmecia flammicollis

Myrmecia flammicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: M. flammicollis
Binomial name
Myrmecia flammicollis
Brown, 1953[1]

Myrmecia flammicollis is an Australian ant which belongs to the Myrmecia genus. It is native to Australia. They are usually distributed in the north of Queensland. They were described by William Brown in 1953.[2]

Myrmecia flammicollis resembles the M. petiolata. The body back of the Myrmecia flammicollis is black while prothorax is largely or completely an orange-red colour.[3]

References

  1. "Myrmecia flammicollis (Brown, 1953)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. "Myrmecia flammicollis Brown, 1953". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. Brown, William (1953). Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia (PDF). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. pp. 23–25.


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