Myrmecina wesselensis
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Myrmecina wesselensis is a species of ant
discovered and described by Shattuck, S. O. in 2009. This species is known from a single worker collected foraging on the ground at night from the Wessel Islands
, Northern Territory
.
Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...
discovered and described by Shattuck, S. O. in 2009. This species is known from a single worker collected foraging on the ground at night from the Wessel Islands
Wessel Islands
The Wessel Islands are a group of islands belonging to the Northern Territory of Australia. They extend in a more or less straight line from Buckingham Bay and the Napier Peninsula of Arnhem Land, and Elcho Island, to the northeast. Marchinbar Island is the largest of the group...
, Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
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