Myrmecia rugosa

Myrmecia rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Tribe:	Myrmeciini
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	M. rugosa
Binomial name
Myrmecia rugosa Wheeler, W.M., 1933 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Promyrmecia ruginodis Clark, 1943

Identification

Heterick (2009) - Myrmecia michaelseni and Myrmecia rugosa are two black Myrmecia with yellow pubescence on the gaster. Myrmecia rugosa can be distinguished by its sculptured postpetiole and canary yellow (as opposed to more orange-yellow) gastral pubescence. These two taxa are not uncommon in the Jarrah-Marri forests of the wetter south-western parts of the State.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Myrmecia Species
• Key to Myrmecia of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -26.9° to -35.65000153°.

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.

• rugosa. Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) michaelseni subsp. rugosa Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 60 (in text) (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Ludlow (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC, MCZC (possibly also MVMA).
  • As nomen nudum (incorrectly), and junior synonym of ruginodis: Clark, 1951: 207.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1953j: 5; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 15; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1640 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 273; Heterick, 2009: 122.
  • Senior synonym of ruginodis: Brown, 1953j: 5; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 16; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• ruginodis. Promyrmecia ruginodis Clark, 1943: 113, pl. 13, figs. 20-22 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1(?) syntype queen, 1(?) syntype male.
  • Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Perth (J. Clark), Western Australia, Armadale (J. Clark), Western Australia, Ludlow (J. Clark).
  • Type-depository: MVMA.
  • Status as species: Clark, 1951: 207 (redescription).
  • Junior synonym of rugosa: Brown, 1953j: 5; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 16; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

Type Material

• Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) michaelseni rugosa: Syntype, 2 workers, Ludlow, Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) michaelseni rugosa: Syntype, worker(s), Ludlow, Western Australia, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Promyrmecia ruginodis: Paratype, 1 worker, 1 queen, 1 male, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-017876, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Promyrmecia ruginodis: Paratype, 2 workers, Ludlow, Western Australia, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-017877, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Promyrmecia ruginodis: Paratype, 2 workers, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Promyrmecia ruginodis: Paratype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Perth, Armadale and Ludlow, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

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.

• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1933i. Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, viii + 179 pp. (page 60, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Brown W. L., Jr. 1953. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

111: 1-35.