Myrmecia urens

Myrmecia urens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: M. urens
Binomial name
Myrmecia urens
Lowne, 1865

Myrmecia urens is an ant species in the genus Myrmecia (bulldog ants) found in Australia.

The orchid Leporella fimbriata is a myrmecophyte and can only be pollinated by its M. urens winged male ant partner.[1]

References

  1. The unique pollination ofLeporella fimbriata (Orchidaceae): Pollination by pseudocopulating male ants (Myrmecia urens, Formicidae). Rod Peakall, Plant Systematics and Evolution, 1989, Volume 167, Issue 3-4, page 137-148, doi:10.1007/BF00936402

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