Myrmecia simillima

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 144

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297024

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Myrmecia simillima
status

 

3. Myrmecia simillima View in CoL   HNS . B.M.

Worker. Length 7 lines.-This species is very like M. forficata   HNS , of which possibly it may be a variety; but it is more coarsely sculptured; the striation is longitudinally divergent on the prothorax, and irregularly roughened transversely on the meso- and metathorax; in M. forficata   HNS the prothorax has a regular transverse curved striation, that on the mesothorax and scutellum being regularly striated longitudinally; this difference in striation appears to characterize a distinct species.

Hab. Australia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Myrmecia