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Myrmecia rubripes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. rubripes
Binomial name
Myrmecia rubripes Clark, 1951

Myrmecia rubripes is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia. Their distribution is mainly in Western Australia.

Average lengths for a worker is 19-21 millimetres. The head and thorax is in a black colour; antennae, and other features are mainly red. The mandibles are a yellow colour.

References

1. "Myrmecia rubripes (Clark, 1951)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
2. "Myrmecia rubripes Clark, 1951". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
3. Clark, John (1951). The Formicidae of Australia (Volume 1) (PDF). Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. pp. 34–35.

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