Myrmecia apicalis

Myrmecia apicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. apicalis
Binomial name
	Myrmecia apicalis; Emery, 1883

Myrmecia apicalis is the only Australian bull ant species that is not native to Australia. The Myrmecia apicalis is the only species to be found on a different country, with two collections founded on New Caledonia. It was described in 1883.[1]

Not many specimens have been collected, but their size is around 13 millimetres. Their appearance is similar when compared to the Myrmecia pilosula. Details of other specimens such as their males are not clear. The only known details of the Myrmecia apicalis are from specimens of workers.[2][3]

References

Ants Down Under
"The Formicidae of Australia" (PDF). I. 1951: 111–112. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"Alcune formiche della Nuova Caledonia. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital" (PDF). 1883: 145–151. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[2] "The Formicidae of Australia" (PDF). I. 1951: 111–112. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] "Alcune formiche della Nuova Caledonia. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital" (PDF). 1883: 145–151. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)