Myrmecia vindex

Myrmecia vindex
Myrmecia vindex worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species:
M. vindex
Binomial name
Myrmecia vindex
F. Smith, 1858

Myrmecia vindex is a species of Myrmecia which is endemic to Australia. As a subgroup of the Myrmecia gulosa species group, these ants are also commonly known as the Bull Ant.[1] The Myrmecia vindex was collected and described by Frederick Smith in 1858.[2]

  1. ^ Ogata K, Taylor RW (December 1991). "Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)". Journal of Natural History. 25 (6): 1623–1673. doi:10.1080/00222939100771021.
  2. ^ "Myrmecia vindex". AntWeb.