Myrmecia arnoldi

Identification
Myrmecia arnoldi, Myrmecia pavida and Myrmecia rubripes are all closely related and share a similar range.

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Southwestern WA to southern SA.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia arnoldi Clark, 1951: 36, fig. 14 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: holotype + paratypes Australia: Western Australia, Emu Rock, v.1926 (A. Arnold), Western Australia, Ravensthorpe, xii.1947 (T. Greaves).
 * [Note: original description gives no indication which series contains the holotype, but Taylor & Brown, 1985: 6, cite Emu Rock.]
 * Type-depository: ANIC.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 246 (l.).
 * Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 6; Taylor, 1987a: 41; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1637 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 270; Heterick, 2009: 121.
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.