Myrmecia impaternata is a species of gynogenetic, female-only[1] ant in the genus Myrmecia. Described by Robert Taylor in 2015, the species is endemic to Australia and is common in Canberra and around Armidale. Observations of the species have been confirmed in Queensland.[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. impaternata
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia impaternata Taylor, 2015
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Myrmecia impaternata is a hybrid species, with its origin tracing back to Myrmecia banksi and Myrmecia pilosula.
References
edit- ^ Taylor, Robert W.; Imai, Hirotami T.; Hasegawa, Eisuke; Beaton, Colin D. (2018-12-18). "A Unique Conjunction: Evidence for Gynogenesis Accompanying Haplodiploid Sex Determination in the Australian Ant Myrmecia impaternata Taylor". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2018: 1–7. doi:10.1155/2018/2832690. hdl:1885/250968. ISSN 0033-2615.
- ^ Taylor, Robert W. (21 January 2015), "Ants with Attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF), Zootaxa, 3911 (4): 493–520, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3911.4.2, hdl:1885/66773, PMID 25661627, retrieved 25 January 2015