Myrmecia gracilis

Myrmecia gracilis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia rufinodis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Tribe:	Myrmeciini
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	Myrmecia gracilis; Emery, 1898

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

Nomenclature

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

gracilis. Myrmecia gracilis Emery, 1898b: 232, fig. 2 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1938: 358 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 250 (l.). Subspecies of crudelis: Emery, 1911d: 19. Revived status as species: Clark, 1938: 357; Clark, 1951: 39. Junior synonym of rufinodis: Brown, 1953j: 8.

Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953j. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111: 1-35 (page 8, Junior synonym of rufinodis)
Clark, J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 50: 356-382 (page 358, queen, male described)
Clark, J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proc. R. Soc. Vic. (n.s.) 50: 356-382 (page 357, Revived status as species)
Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae: 230 pp. CSIRO, Melbourne. [(31.xii).1951.] (page 39, Revived status as species)
Emery, C. 1898b. Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane. Note sinonimiche. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 2: 231-245 (page 232, fig. 2 worker described)
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 19, Variety of crudelis)
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1971d. Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 47: 245-256 (page 250, larva described)