Promyrmecia shepherdi

Promyrmecia shepherdi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia varians)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmeciinae
Tribe:	Myrmeciini
Genus:	Myrmecia
Species:	Promyrmecia shepherdi; Clark, 1943

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

Nomenclature

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

shepherdi. Promyrmecia shepherdi Clark, 1943: 128, pl. 15, figs. 50-52 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of varians: Brown, 1953j: 15.