Myrmecia occidentalis

Myrmecia occidentalis is widespread throughout the SWBP. This ant is particularly common in the Kwongan sand-plain north of Perth, where it can often be seen foraging on vegetation. (Heterick 2009)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Promyrmecia occidentalis Clark, 1943: 119, pl. 13, figs. 30, 31 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Tammin (J. Clark), Western Australia, Eradu (J. Clark), Western Australia, Merridin (L.J. Newman), Western Australia, Beverley (E. du Boulay).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 13.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 218 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 13; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1641 (in key), 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 272; Heterick, 2009: 123.
 * Senior synonym of opaca: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * opaca. Promyrmecia opaca Clark, 1943: 123, pl. 14, figs. 46, 47 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Tammin (J. Clark), Western Australia, Eradu (J. Clark), Western Australia, Dowerin (L.J. Newman).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 13.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 224 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 13; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 361.
 * Junior synonym of occidentalis: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1663; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Ogata K. and Taylor R.W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae), Journal of Natural History, 25: 1623-1673