Myrmecia infima

Myrmecia infima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. infima
Binomial name
	Myrmecia infima; Forel, 1900

Myrmecia infima is an Australian ant species of the genus Myrmecia. Discovered in 1900 by Forel, Myrmecia infima are frequently seen in the western regions of Australia.[1]

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

"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 requires |journal= (help)
"The Formicidae of Australia" (PDF). I. 1951: 192–194. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] "Myrmecia infima Forel, 1900".

[2] 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 requires |journal= (help)

[3] "The Formicidae of Australia" (PDF). I. 1951: 192–194. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)