Myrmecia walkeri

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Myrmecia walkeri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia esuriens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Myrmecia walkeri
Forel, 1893

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmecia esuriens.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • walkeri. Myrmecia walkeri Forel, 1893d: 456 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Junior synonym of esuriens: Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1934a: 16.

References

  • Clark, J. 1934a. Notes on Australian ants, with descriptions of new species and a new genus. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 5-20 (page 16, Junior synonym of esuriens)
  • Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 20, Junior synonym of esuriens)
  • Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466 (page 456, worker described)