Taxonomic history
Crawley, 1925b PDF: 578 (m.).Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943 PDF: 117.Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7.Subspecies of Myrmecia chasei: Clark, 1951 PDF: 215.Raised to species: Ogata & Taylor, 1991 PDF: 1662.
Myrmecia ludlowi is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia and is commonly distributed in Western Australia. They were first described by Crawley in 1922.[1]
Workers are around 12-15 millimetres long, queens are 22 millimetres and males are only 14 millimetres. Their jaws, antennae, and legs are of a brownish colour while their head and thorax are of a black colour.[2][3]
Myrmecia ludlowi is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia and is commonly distributed in Western Australia. They were first described by Crawley in 1922.
Workers are around 12-15 millimetres long, queens are 22 millimetres and males are only 14 millimetres. Their jaws, antennae, and legs are of a brownish colour while their head and thorax are of a black colour.
