Species Myrmecia pilosula Smith, 1858

Museums

Regional Maps

• Myrmecia pilosula Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum 216 pp. 14 pls. [27 Mar. 1858] [146].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1015843 W, Tasmania.

  Subsequent designation 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 [505].
• Ponera ruginoda Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum 216 pp. 14 pls. [27 Mar. 1858] [93].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1015844 *M, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [6]

Introduction

Taylor (2015) recognised two "races": an Eastern Race and a Western Race.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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 [509]

History of changes