Myrmecia

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Myrmecia

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Endopterygota
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Vespoidea
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Myrmecia

Species

aberrans
auriventris
cephalotes
gulosa
mandibularis
nigrocincta
picta
pilosula
tepperi
urens

The Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of the Formicidae. It is a primitive subfamily consisting of only one genus Myrmecia, commonly known as the bull ant, bulldog ant or jack jumpers.

Ants in this genus tend to be much more individualistic and hunt prey alone. They also tend to have a stronger venom than most ants.