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Myrmecia nigrocincta

Jumping bull ant

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Myrmecia nigrocincta Smith, 1858

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Jack Jumper Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Myrmecia

Jumping Jack ant

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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species of ant

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(c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Kerr · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nigel Main, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nigel Main · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mark Ayers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Ayers · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Mark Ayers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Ayers · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Mark Ayers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Ayers · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) kingdm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by kingdm · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 2 countries · 3429 records GBIF · updated on 15/10/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1899: 3 1911: 3 1914: 2 1915: 2 1916: 5 1918: 11 1919: 2 1921: 1 1922: 4 1923: 2 1924: 8 1925: 2 1926: 4 1927: 1 1928: 3 1930: 3 1931: 1 1932: 5 1934: 5 1935: 2 1938: 5 1939: 2 1940: 2 1941: 1 1944: 2 1951: 3 1954: 2 1955: 3 1956: 13 1957: 5 1958: 9 1959: 7 1961: 5 1962: 27 1963: 3 1964: 2 1965: 2 1966: 4 1967: 1 1969: 1 1970: 3 1971: 3 1972: 2 1973: 6 1975: 11 1977: 1 1978: 10 1979: 2 1980: 4 1981: 33 1982: 5 1983: 7 1984: 4 1985: 2 1986: 3 1987: 11 1988: 5 1990: 7 1991: 10 1992: 5 1993: 23 1994: 1 1995: 1 1996: 4 1997: 3 1998: 5 1999: 19 2000: 2 2003: 15 2004: 1 2006: 17 2007: 17 2008: 11 2009: 10 2010: 1 2011: 11 2012: 6 2013: 22 2014: 17 2015: 12 2016: 43 2017: 37 2018: 126 2019: 120 2020: 146 2021: 191 2022: 215 2023: 321 2024: 409 2025: 692 2026: 552
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YearRecords
18993
19113
19142
19152
19165
191811
19192
19211
19224
19232
19248
19252
19264
19271
19283
19303
19311
19325
19345
19352
19385
19392
19402
19411
19442
19513
19542
19553
195613
19575
19589
19597
19615
196227
19633
19642
19652
19664
19671
19691
19703
19713
19722
19736
197511
19771
197810
19792
19804
198133
19825
19837
19844
19852
19863
198711
19885
19907
199110
19925
199323
19941
19951
19964
19973
19985
199919
20002
200315
20041
200617
200717
200811
200910
20101
201111
20126
201322
201417
201512
201643
201737
2018126
2019120
2020146
2021191
2022215
2023321
2024409
2025692
2026552
Australia · 3,428 China · 1
Manly, NSW, Australia 03/10/2026 · Hejor1 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Manly, NSW, Australia 03/10/2026 · Hejor1 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 29/09/2026 · Female · Matthew Brown · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 28/09/2026 · tjtana · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/09/2026 · Female · pat_jones · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/09/2026 · kw841432 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 26/09/2026 · mattyratty · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 25/09/2026 · Taylor · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 24/09/2026 · Maree McCarthy · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 23/09/2026 · Raph Martin · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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