Myrmecia subfasciata is an ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is endemic to Australia. Their distribution in Australia is not exactly known but a specimen was collected in Liverpool. It was described by Viehmeyer in 1924.[2][3]

The average worker length is 21 millimetres long. The Myrmecia subfasciata has a very similar appearance to the Myrmecia gulosa and the Myrmecia pyriformis.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Myrmecia subfasciata (Viehmeyer, 1924)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Myrmecia subfasciata Viehmeyer, 1924". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ^ Viehmeyer, H (1924). Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. p. 221.
  4. ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 37–38.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecia_subfasciata
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