# Myrmecia urens

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Species of ant

Myrmecia urens Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Genus: Myrmecia Species: M. urens Binomial name Myrmecia urens Lowne, 1865

***Myrmecia urens*** is a species of ant in the genus *[Myrmecia](/source/Myrmecia_(ant))* (bulldog ants) found in Australia.

## Behaviour and ecology

While pollination by ants is somewhat rare,[1] the orchid *[Leporella fimbriata](/source/Leporella_fimbriata)* is a [myrmecophyte](/source/Myrmecophyte) which can only be pollinated by the winged males of this species.[2][3][4] Pollination of this orchid usually occurs between April and June during warm afternoons, and may take several days until the males all die due to their limited lifespan.[5] The flower mimics *M. urens* queens, and so the males move from flower to flower in an attempt to copulate with it.[6][7]

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Beattie, Andrew J.; Turnbull, Christine; Knox, R. B.; Williams, E. G. (1984). "Ant Inhibition of Pollen Function: A Possible Reason Why Ant Pollination is Rare". *American Journal of Botany*. **71** (3): 421–426. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/2443499](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2443499). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [2443499](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2443499).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Peakall, Rod (1989). "The unique pollination of *Leporella fimbriata* (Orchidaceae): Pollination by pseudocopulating male ants (*Myrmecia urens*, Formicidae)". *Plant Systematics and Evolution*. **167** (3–4): 137–148. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1989PSyEv.167..137P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989PSyEv.167..137P). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/BF00936402](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF00936402). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1615-6110](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1615-6110). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [23673944](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23673944). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [27901569](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27901569).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Peakall, Rod; Angus, Craig J.; Beattie, Andrew J. (October 1990). ["The significance of ant and plant traits for ant pollination in *Leporella fimbriata*"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225312648). *Oecologia*. **84** (4): 457–460. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1990Oecol..84..457P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990Oecol..84..457P). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/BF00328160](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF00328160). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1432-1939](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1432-1939). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [4219450](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4219450). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [28312960](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28312960). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [45589875](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:45589875).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Peakall, R.; Beattie, A. J.; James, S. H. (October 1987). "Pseudocopulation of an orchid by male ants: a test of two hypotheses accounting for the rarity of ant pollination". *Oecologia*. **73** (4): 522–524. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1987Oecol..73..522P](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987Oecol..73..522P). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/BF00379410](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF00379410). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1432-1939](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1432-1939). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [4218401](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4218401). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [28311968](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28311968). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [3195610](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:3195610).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Pridgeon, Alec M. (2001). *Genera Orchidacearum. Volume 2, Orchidoideae (part 1)*. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 162. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-850710-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-850710-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Thompson, John N. (1994). *The coevolutionary process*. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 198. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-226-79759-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-79759-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Cingel, N. A. van der (2000). *An atlas of orchid pollination: America, Africa, Asia and Australia*. Rotterdam, South Holland: Balkema. p. 200. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-90-5410-486-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-5410-486-5).

Taxon identifiers Myrmecia urens Wikidata: Q13868992 AFD: Myrmecia_urens CoL: 73RM2 EoL: 398534 GBIF: 5035545 iNaturalist: 506673 Insecta.pro: 128718 IRMNG: 11417882 ITIS: 578270 NCBI: 319374 Open Tree of Life: 626562

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