Myrmecia banksi is a species of ant in the genus Myrmecia. Described by Robert Taylor in 2015, the species is endemic to Australia in New South Wales, where it is normally found on low elevations along coastal regions.[1]

Myrmecia banksi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. banksi
Binomial name
Myrmecia banksi
Taylor, 2015

References edit

  1. ^ Taylor, Robert W. (21 January 2015), "Ants with Attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF), Zootaxa, 3911 (4): 493–520, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3911.4.2, hdl:1885/66773, PMID 25661627, retrieved 25 January 2015