Family Formicidae | Rank Species | |
Similar Myrmecia esuriens, Myrmecia pyriformis, Myrmecia tarsata, Myrmecia fulvipes, Myrmecia chrysogaster | ||
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.
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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 chromosome being genetically isolated in 1986 and in 1991, Australian myrmecologist Robert Taylor described it as a separate species.