FormicidaeFormicidae Index Ants More Ants in Australia Caste Systems, Colonies and Anthills Invasive Ants in Australia Camponotus Ants Camponotus aurocinctus Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant) Camponotus inflatus (Honey Ant) Camponotus innexus (Antarctic Sugar Ant) Chelaner kiliani (Mono Ant) Dolichoderus doriae (Dolly Ant) Dolichoderus scabridus Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Red-headed Spider Ant) Melophorus bagoti Myrmecia brevinoda (Nocturnal Bull Ant) Myrmecia gulosa (Red Bull Ant) Myrmecia impaternata Myrmecia mandibularis Myrmecia nigrocincta (Jumping Jack Ant) Myrmecia pilosula (Jack Jumper Ant) Myrmecia pyriformis (Inch Ant) Myrmecia rubripes (Bullant) Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant) Notoncus gilberti Notoncus spinisquamis Odontomachus sp (Trap-jaw Ant) Oecophylla smaragdina (Green Tree Ant) Polyrhachis Rhytidoponera aspera Rhytidoponera metallica (Green-head Ant)

Myrmecia tarsata is a bull ant species native to Australia. Also commonly referred to as the Australian Jumper Ant, Bull Ant or Bulldog Ant, they are found mainly in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. There are observations in Victoria and South Australia1.

Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant), Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT © Phil Warburton
Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant), Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT © Phil Warburton
Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant), Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT © Phil Warburton
Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant), Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT © Phil Warburton
Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant), Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT © Phil Warburton
Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant), Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT © Phil Warburton
Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Verspoidea
  • Family: Formicidae
  • Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
  • Tribe: Myrmeciini
  • Genus: Myrmecia
  • Species: Myrmecia tarsata

Footnote & References

  1. Myrmecia tarsata © Deb Taylor
  2. Myrmecia tarsata © Phil Warburton
  3. Myrmecia tarsata Smith, 1858, Bull Ant, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Myrmecia%20tarsata

FormicidaeFormicidae Index Ants More Ants in Australia Caste Systems, Colonies and Anthills Invasive Ants in Australia Camponotus Ants Camponotus aurocinctus Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant) Camponotus inflatus (Honey Ant) Camponotus innexus (Antarctic Sugar Ant) Chelaner kiliani (Mono Ant) Dolichoderus doriae (Dolly Ant) Dolichoderus scabridus Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Red-headed Spider Ant) Melophorus bagoti Myrmecia brevinoda (Nocturnal Bull Ant) Myrmecia gulosa (Red Bull Ant) Myrmecia impaternata Myrmecia mandibularis Myrmecia nigrocincta (Jumping Jack Ant) Myrmecia pilosula (Jack Jumper Ant) Myrmecia pyriformis (Inch Ant) Myrmecia rubripes (Bullant) Myrmecia tarsata (Australian Jumper Ant) Notoncus gilberti Notoncus spinisquamis Odontomachus sp (Trap-jaw Ant) Oecophylla smaragdina (Green Tree Ant) Polyrhachis Rhytidoponera aspera Rhytidoponera metallica (Green-head Ant)

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