Species Myrmecia varians Mayr, 1876

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• Myrmecia varians Mayr, G.L. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 5: 56-115 [94].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW W, Peak Downs and Rockhampton, QLD.
• Myrmecia rufonigra Crawley, W.C. 1921. New and little-known species of ants from various localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 7: 87-97 [87].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM *W, Townsville, QLD.
• Promyrmecia wilsoni Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 13: 83-149 pls 12-17 [127].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W, Mutchilba, QLD.
• Promyrmecia shepherdi Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 13: 83-149 pls 12-17 [128].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q,M, Broken Hill and Dubbo, NSW, Finke River and Murray Bridge, SA and Nhill, VIC.
• Promyrmecia goudiei Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 13: 83-149 pls 12-17 [129].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W,Q, Sea Lake, Redcliffs, Hattah and Lake Hattah, VIC.
• Promyrmecia marmorata Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne : CSIRO 1 230 pp. [188].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC W, Patho, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne : CSIRO 1 230 pp. [181]
• 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 [14]

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