Myrmecia fulviculis Forel, 1913 is a animal in the Formicidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Myrmecia fulviculis Forel, 1913

Myrmecia fulviculis Forel, 1913

Myrmecia fulviculis, the toothless bullant, is a native Australian bull ant found along the coasts of New South Wales and Queensland.

Family
Genus
Myrmecia
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Myrmecia fulviculis Forel, 1913

Myrmecia fulviculis, commonly called the toothless bullant, is an Australian ant species in the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia, and is typically distributed along the coastlines of New South Wales and Queensland. Myrmecia fulviculis resembles Myrmecia fulvipes. The average body length of workers is around 13 to 14.5 millimetres. Queens measure around 21 millimetres in length, while males are roughly the same size as worker ants. The head, thorax, and node of Myrmecia fulviculis are black, and the mandibles and antennae are reddish brown.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Formicidae Myrmecia

More from Formicidae

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