Species Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858
- Myrmecia simillima 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] [144].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH *W, Australia. - Myrmecia crudelis 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] [147].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH *W,Q, Adelaide, SA. - Myrmecia nigriventris Mayr, G.L. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: Abhand. 649-776 pl. 19 [724, 727 pl. 19].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW W, Australia (as New Holland). - Myrmecia spadicea Mayr, G.L. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: Abhand. 649-776 pl. 19 [724, 728 pl. 19].
Type data:
Status unknown, NHMW Q, Sidney (=Sydney), NSW and Adelaide, SA. - Myrmecia affinis Mayr, G.L. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: Abhand. 649-776 pl. 19 [725, 728 pl. 19].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW W, Australia (as New Holland). - Myrmecia tricolor Mayr, G.L. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: Abhand. 649-776 pl. 19 [724, 728 pl. 19].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW W, Sidney (=Sydney), NSW. - Myrmecia paucidens Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [5].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH W, TAS. - Myrmecia tricolor rogeri Emery, C. 1914. Formiche d'Australia e di Samoa raccolte dal Prof. Silvestri nel 1913. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 8: 179-186 [30 Jan. 1914] [181].
Type data:
Status unknown, MCG *W, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne : CSIRO 1 230 pp. [89]
- 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 [12]
History of changes
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