Myrmecia ferruginea

Myrmecia ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Tribe:	Myrmeciini
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species group:	gulosa
Species:	M. ferruginea
Binomial name
Myrmecia ferruginea Mayr, 1876

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.66666667° to -28.66666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

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

• ferruginea. Myrmecia nigriceps var. ferruginea Mayr, 1876: 95 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Australia: Queensland, Peak Downs (no collector’s name), Queensland, Gayndah (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Subspecies of nigriceps: Dalla Torre, 1893: 21.
  • Junior synonym of vindex: Forel, 1907h: 264; Emery, 1911d: 19.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1953j: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629 (in list only); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Myrmecia nigriceps ferruginea Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 3 workers, Peak Downs, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953j. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111: 1-35.
• Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 264, Junior synonym of vindex)
• Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 95, worker described)