Myrmecia dispar is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. They are distributed nationwide, and the species was first described by John S. Clark in 1951.[1][2]
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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. dispar
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia dispar Clark, 1951[1]
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The average size of a typical worker ant is 9.5-11 millimetres, making the Myrmecia dispar among the smallest species of bull ant. The head and gaster are of a chocolate brown colour, thorax, node, and the legs are reddish-brown, and the mandibles and tarsi are a reddish-yellow colour.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Myrmecia dispar (Clark, 1951)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "Myrmecia dispar Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 226–227.
- ^ D.R. Brown, R. W. Taylor (1985). Formicoidea. Australia. p. 8.
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