Genus Myrmecia Fabricius, 1804

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• Myrmecia Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum : Secundum; Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard xiv 439 pp. [423].

  Type species:

   Formica gulosa Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Shuckard, W.E. 1840. [no title]. Hist. and Nat. Arrang. Ins. [173].

  Secondary source:

   Wheeler, W.M. 1913. Corrections and additions to "list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 23: 77-83 [29 May 1913].
• Promyrmecia Emery, C. 1911. Hymenoptera Fam. Formicidae Subfam. Ponerinae. In Wytsman. P. (ed.), Genera Insectorum. Brussels Fasc. 118 125 pp. 3 pls. [19] [described with subgeneric rank in Myrmecia Fabricius, 1804].

  Type species:

   Myrmecia aberrans Forel, 1900 by original designation.
• Pristomyrmecia Emery, C. 1911. Hymenoptera Fam. Formicidae Subfam. Ponerinae. In Wytsman. P. (ed.), Genera Insectorum. Brussels Fasc. 118 125 pp. 3 pls. [21] [described with subgeneric rank in Myrmecia Fabricius, 1804].

  Type species:

   Myrmecia mandibularis F. Smith, 1858 by original designation.
• Halmamyrmecia Wheeler, W.M. 1922. Observations on Gigantiops destructor Fabricius and other leaping ants. Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole) 42: 185-201 [195] [described with subgeneric rank in Myrmecia Fabricius, 1804].

  Type species:

   Myrmecia pilosula F. Smith, 1858 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne : CSIRO 1 230 pp. [119]
• Brown, W.L. jr 1953. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part I. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 11: 1-13 [20 Mar. 1953] [1]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: South East Corner (SEC) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB) ; SA, Tas, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

General References

Taylor, R.W. 2015. Ants with Attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Zootaxa 3911(4): 493–520 (includes key to workers of pilosula complex)

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