Myrmecia croslandi
| 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, 1991 | |
Myrmecia 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. Myrmecia croslandi are located around Australia. They can be seen throughout New South Wales and Queensland. Myrmecia croslandi was described by Taylor in 1991.[1]
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.[2]
Taxonomy
Previously considered a kind of twin-better known and polymorphic species Myrmecia pilosula. Thanks to a unique chromosome being genetically isolated in 1986 and in 1991, Australian myrmecologist Robert Taylor described it as a separate species.[3]
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia croslandi Taylor, 1991". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Taylor, R.W. (1994). Experimental bases for the minimum interaction theory. I. Chromosome evolution in ants of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae.
- ↑ Taylor, Robert W. (November 1991), "Myrmecia croslandi sp.n., A karyologically remarkable new Australian jack-jumper ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)", Australian Journal of Entomology, 30 (4): 288–288, doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1991.tb00438.x, retrieved 25 January 2015