Genus Myrmecorhynchus E. André, 1896

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• Myrmecorhynchus André, E. 1896. Fourmis nouvelles d'Asie et d'Australie. Revue Française d'Entomologie 15: 251-265 [253] [redefined in Wheeler, W.M. 1917. The Australian ant-genus Mymecorhynchus (Ern. André) and its position in the sub-family Camponotinae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 61: 14–19 pl. 1].

  Type species:

   Myrmecorhynchus emeryi E. André, 1896 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, W.M. 1917. The Australian ant-genus Mymecorhynchus (Ern. André) and its position in the sub-family Camponotinae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 61: 14-19 pl. 1.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Warren (WAR) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Mulga Lands (ML), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Shattuck, S.O. 2015. A review of the ant genus Myrmecorhynchus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3955(2): 283–290

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