Myrmecia infima is an Australian ant species of the genus Myrmecia. First described in 1900 by Auguste-Henri Forel, Myrmecia infima are frequently seen in the western regions of Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. infima
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia infima Forel, 1900
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Myrmecia infima are rather small bull ants. The average length of a worker is around 6–8 millimetres (which is small when compared to other Myrmecia species that grow over 40 millimetres). Males tend to be 7–8 millimetres long.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ "Myrmecia infima Forel, 1900".
- ^ Clark, J. (1943). "A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae)" (PDF): 83–149. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-08.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "The Formicidae of Australia" (PDF). I. 1951: 192–194.
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