Notostigma carazzii is a species of ant belonging to the genus Notostigma. The ant was first described by Carlo Emery in 1895. The species is endemic to Australia.[1] Specimens are mainly found in the state of Queensland, and foraging workers are solitarily and nocturnal.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Notostigma |
| Species: | N. carazzii
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| Notostigma carazzii (Emery, 1895)
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A journal article by George Wheeler observed the larvae of the species. Lengths for very young larva is 3.7 mm, young larva 5.4–10.2 mm, immature larvae around 8.7–10.3 mm and mature larvae grow to lengths of 8.3–15.4 mm.[3]
References
edit- ^ Emery, C (1895). "Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 345–358.
- ^ Taylor, R. W. (1992). "Nomenclature and Distribution of Some Australian and New Guinean Ants of the Subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 31: 57–69. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00458.x.
- ^ Wheeler, George C.; Wheeler, J. (1988). "The larva of Notostigma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 96 (3): 355–358. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
External links
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