Myrmecia croslandi is a species of bull ant which is native to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Myrmecia croslandi is a jumping type of bull ant, which means it could be called a jack jumper.

Location

Myrmecia croslandi are located around Australia. They can be seen throughout New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 and Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

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Genetics

This type of bull ant species has a record of the entire kingdom of chromosome set. The workers each cell contains a diploid set of 2n = 2, while the males haploid set of n = 1.n.

Taxonomy

Previously considered a kind of twin-better known and polymorphic species Myrmecia pilosula. Thanks to a unique chromosomal been genetically isolated in 1986 and in 1991 the Australian myrmecology Robert Taylor described it as a separate species.