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Myrmecia flavicoma
Myrmecia flavicoma, Bunya Mountains National Park
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. flavicoma
Binomial name
Myrmecia flavicoma Roger, 1861

Myrmecia flavicoma is an ant species native to Australia. This species is a member of the genus Myrmecia. It was first described in 1861 by Julius Roger. Myrmecia flavicoma is found in Queensland and some areas of New South Wales.

Description

The size of the Myrmecia flavicoma is 21-22 millimetres long. Head, thorax, node, and extra features are in a red colour and the mandibles are yellow. Some other features of the Myrmecia flavicoma are black, like the antennae's and legs.

References

1. ^ "Myrmecia flavicoma Roger, 1861". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
2. ^ J. Roger (1861). "Myrmicologische Nachlese" (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (in German). 5: 171. ISSN 1435-1951. Wikidata Q114342374.
3. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 74–75.
4. H. Viehmeyer (1924). "Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion" (PDF). Entomologische Mitteilungen (in German). 13: 219–229. ISSN 2366-9381. Wikidata Q114342403.

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