Myrmecia nigriceps

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  nigriceps. Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr, 1862: 728 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Forel, 1910b: 3 (q.); Viehmeyer, 1914b: 28 (m.). Subspecies of vindex: Forel, 1907h: 264. Revived status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 38. Senior synonym of fasciata: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1659. See also: Clark, 1951: 64.
 * fasciata. Myrmecia fasciata Clark, 1951: 63, fig. 40 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of nigriceps: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1659.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Clark 1951.pdf|Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae: 230 pp. CSIRO, Melbourne. [(31.xii).1951.] PDF]]
 * Eriksson, E.S. 1985. Attack behaviour and distance perception in the Australian bulldog ant Myrmecia nigriceps. Journal of Experimental Biology 119, 115–131.
 * Narendra,A., Reid,S.F., Greiner,B., Peters,R.A., Hemmi,J.M., Ribi,W.A., Jochen Zeil,J. 2011. Caste-specific visual adaptations to distinct daily activity schedules in Australian Myrmecia ants. Proc. R. Soc. B vol. 278 no. 1709, 1141-1149 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1378).