- Myrmecia croslandi
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Myrmecia croslandi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Genus: Myrmecia Species: M. croslandi Binomial name Myrmecia croslandi
Taylor, 1991Myrmecia croslandi is a species of bull ant which is native to Australia. Myrmecia croslandi is a jumping type of bull ant, which means it could be called a jack jumper.
Location
Myrmecia croslandi are located around Australia. They can be seen throughout New South Wales and Queensland.
Genetics
This type of bull ant species has a record of the entire kingdom of chromosome set. The workers each cell contains a diploid set of 2n = 2, while the males haploid set of n = 1.n.
Taxonomy
Previously considered a kind of twin-better known and polymorphic species Myrmecia pilosula. Thanks to a unique chromosomal been genetically isolated in 1986 and in 1991 the Australian myrmecology Robert Taylor described it as a separate species.
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