Myrmecia cydista is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is endemic to Australia. They are typically distributed in New South Wales and Queensland, and have been seen in several other states.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. cydista
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia cydista Clark, 1943
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The Myrmecia cydista is a small bull ant species. The workers are only around 9-12 millimetres in length. The colour of the species is mainly black, but the mandibles are yellow, the antennae and legs are brown, and the tarsi is a reddish-brown colour.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Myrmecia cydista Clark, 1943". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ Clark, John (1943). A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae) (PDF). Victoria. p. 115. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ D.R. Brown, R. W. Taylor (1985). Formicoidea. Australia. p. 8.
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