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Myrmecia acuta

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Myrmecia acuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. acuta
Binomial name
Myrmecia acuta
Ogata & Taylor, 1991

Myrmecia acuta is an Australian ant which belongs to the genus Myrmecia, and is endemic to Australia, usually found in Western Australia and some areas of South Australia. Myrmecia acuta was first described in 1991.[1]

References

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  1. ^ *Ogata, K.; Taylor, R. W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 25: 1623-1673 (page 1664, figs. 44, 45 worker described)