Myrmecia aberrans

Myrmecia aberrans is infrequently encountered and very little is known of their biology. They appear to have very small colonies, possibly with less than 20 workers. Nests are in soil with small simple, cryptic entrances with no indication other than the scattered exoskeletal remains from recent prey items.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Castes
Wheeler (1933 p. 54) remarked that winged or dealate queens have never been found, raising the possibility of brachypterous or ergatoid queens.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia aberrans Forel, 1900b: 54 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Gawlertown (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Clark, 1934a: 10 (q.m.).
 * Combination in M. (Promyrmecia): Emery, 1911d: 19;
 * combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 93;
 * combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 6.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1904d: 168; Emery, 1911d: 19; Clark, 1927: 39; Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 50 (redescription); Clark, 1934a: 9 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1937c: 42; Clark, 1943: 93 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 122 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 6; Taylor, 1987a: 41; Ogata, 1991a: 356; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1632 (in key), 1643; Bolton, 1995b: 270.
 * 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.