Myrmecia comata

Myrmecia comata is an Australian ant in the genus Myrmecia. This species is native to Australia and distributed mostly around Queensland. It was described as a species by John S. Clark in 1951.^[1]

Myrmecia comata
Myrmecia comata worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. comata
Binomial name
Myrmecia comata Clark, 1951

Myrmecia comata has some similarities with M. flavicoma. Workers grow can from 18 to 20 millimetres in length. The head, node, and postpetiole is a reddish-brown, gaster is black, and the mandibles, antennae, and legs are a yellowish-brown colour.^[2][3]