Species Myrmecorhynchus emeryi E. André, 1896

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• Myrmecorhynchus emeryi André, E. 1896. Fourmis nouvelles d'Asie et d'Australie. Revue Française d'Entomologie 15: 251-265 [254].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP W, Victorian Alps.
• Myrmecorhynchus musgravei Clark, J. 1934. New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 8: 21-47 [43 pls 2-3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM *M, National Park, QLD.
• Myrmecorhynchus rufithorax Clark, J. 1934. New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 8: 21-47 [46 pls 2-3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV *W, Warburton, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shattuck, S.O. 2015. A review of the ant genus Myrmecorhynchus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3955(2): 283–290 [284]

Introduction

Shattuck (2015) revised the diagnosis, synonymised two species with M. emeryi, and discussed species distribution and aspects of biology.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest arboreal.

General References

Shattuck, S.O. 2015. A review of the ant genus Myrmecorhynchus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3955(2): 283–290 [287]

History of changes