Species Myrmecia forficata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Formica forficata Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [310].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH W, TAS. - Myrmecia lucida Forel, A. 1893. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 37: 454-466 [457].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH W, Hobart, TAS. - Myrmecia forficata rubra Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH W, Jarra Districts, VIC.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne : CSIRO 1 230 pp. [93]
- Brown, W.L. jr 1953. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 111: 1-35 [28]
History of changes
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