Myrmecia croslandi
| Myrmecia croslandi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmeciinae |
| Genus: | Myrmecia |
| Species: | M. croslandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecia croslandi Taylor, 1991 | |
Myrmecia croslandi is a species of bull ant which is endemic to Australia. Myrmecia croslandi is a jumping type of bull ant, which means it could be called a jack jumper. Myrmecia croslandi are located around Australia. They can be seen throughout New South Wales and Queensland. Myrmecia croslandi was described by Taylor in 1991.[1]
Taxonomy
Previously considered a kind of twin-better known and polymorphic species Myrmecia pilosula. Thanks to a unique chromosome being genetically isolated in 1986 and in 1991, Australian myrmecologist Robert Taylor described it as a separate species.[2]
Genome
Myrmecia croslandi is the only species of eukaryote with the simplest karyotype possible, that being a single chromosome in haploid males.[3] Females have two chromosomes (one pair).
References
- ↑ "Myrmecia croslandi Taylor, 1991". Atlas of Living Australia. Govt of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ Taylor, Robert W. (November 1991), "Myrmecia croslandi sp.n., A karyologically remarkable new Australian jack-jumper ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)", Australian Journal of Entomology, 30 (4): 288, doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1991.tb00438.x
- ↑ Debec, Alain; Peronnet, Romain; Lang, Michael; Molet, Mathieu (2024-07-22). "Primary cell cultures from the single-chromosome ant Myrmecia croslandi". Chromosome Research. 32 (3): 10. doi:10.1007/s10577-024-09755-x. ISSN 1573-6849. PMID 39034331.