Taxonomic history
Clark, 1943 PDF: 96 (q.).Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943 PDF: 95.Combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j PDF: 18.Raised to species: Clark, 1943 PDF: 95; Clark, 1951 PDF: 132; Brown, 1953j PDF: 18.
Myrmecia maura is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution in Australia is mostly around the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.[1]
The average length of a worker Myrmecia maura is 11-13 millimetres in length. The queens are normally larger at 14-16 millimetres in length. The mandibles are notably smaller than most species. It is mostly black, and the mandibles, antennae, and tarsi are a reddish yellow colour. The teeth on the mandibles are different however which is a blackish-brown colour, and parts of the legs are a reddish brown.[2][3][4]
Myrmecia maura is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution in Australia is mostly around the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
The average length of a worker Myrmecia maura is 11-13 millimetres in length. The queens are normally larger at 14-16 millimetres in length. The mandibles are notably smaller than most species. It is mostly black, and the mandibles, antennae, and tarsi are a reddish yellow colour. The teeth on the mandibles are different however which is a blackish-brown colour, and parts of the legs are a reddish brown.
Myrmecia maura is een mierensoort uit de onderfamilie van de Myrmeciinae.[1][2] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1933 door Wheeler, W.M..
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