Myrmecia nigrocincta

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Biology
A colony excavated in 2007 near Raleigh NSW yielded one queen, 570 workers, 75 cocoons as well as larvae and eggs (C. Peeters unpublished data).

Castes
Queen is brachypterous, i.e. short, non-functional wings are present at adult emergence (Wheeler 1933 p. 49). This implies that she mates close to her natal colony, and dispersal distance is limited



Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia nigrocincta Smith, F. 1858b: 147 (w.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: (no further data), “56/43”.
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Roger, 1861a: 36 (q.); Mayr, 1876: 95 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 251 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.).
 * Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 35; Mayr, 1862: 724 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 23; Mayr, 1863: 430; Mayr, 1865: 84; Lowne, 1865b: 336; Mayr, 1876: 95; Dalla Torre, 1893: 21; Forel, 1910b: 8; Emery, 1911d: 20; Forel, 1915b: 5; Viehmeyer, 1924a: 222; Crawley, 1926: 381 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 48; Clark, 1951: 113 (redescription); Kugler, C. 1980b: 265; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 13; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 359; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1639 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 272; Liu, S., Richter, et al. 2019: 1 (anatomy).
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
 * Imai H. T., R. H. Crozier, and R. W. Taylor. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma 59: 341-393.
 * Osunkoya O. O., C. Polo, and A. N. Andersen. 2011. Invasion impacts on biodiversity: response of ant communities to infestation by cat's claw creeper vine, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in subtropical Australia. Biol. Invasions 13: 2289-2302.
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.