Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858 is a animal in the Formicidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858

Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858

Myrmecia simillima is a native Australian bull ant species found in New South Wales and Victoria with distinct colouring and size differences between workers and queens.

Family
Genus
Myrmecia
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858

Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858 is an Australian ant species that belongs to the genus Myrmecia, and it is native to Australia. It is widely distributed across the coastal and inland areas of New South Wales and Victoria. The average body length of a worker Myrmecia simillima is 19 to 23 millimetres. Queens are larger, with a body length ranging from 22 to 24 millimetres. The head, thorax, node and other features are brown, while the gaster is black. The mandibles, legs and other parts are reddish, and the tarsi and funiculus are yellowish-red.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Formicidae Myrmecia

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