Myrmica cadusa

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iMyrmica cadusa

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Rhopalocera
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Myrmicini
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. cadusa

Binomial name

Myrmica cadusa

Myrmica cadusa is a species of ant. The Myrmica are from the subfamily Myrmicinae.

The Myrmica cadusa are different from similar ants of the Myrmica type due to the external shape of the antennal socket, which is jar shaped. They forage on the ground surface. Myrmica are unique from other types of ants in many ways. These are their oval head, rounded clypeus, prominent frontal lobes and in most species, a strongly developed propodeal spine with two large nodes.

[edit] Features

Its body is a dark red/brown colour. The mandibles, antennae and legs are light brown, with long furrows which are brownish yellow with erect hairs all over it. The head is dark-reddish/brown and the same length as width. They have 6 black teeth, which get larger towards the end. Its eyes are dark brown and protruded. The antennae are 12 segments with a indistinct club of 4 segments. Antennal lobes with distinct jar because of frontal lobes connected by protrudent clypeus posterior margin. The thorax is dark-reddish/brown the same as the head.