Myrmecia picticeps

Identification
Heterick (2009) - The head capsule in Myrmecia picticeps is bicoloured, the posterior sector being black and the anterior sector reddish.

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Occurs near the south-western coast of the SWBP in WA.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia picticeps Clark, 1951: 47, fig. 25 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Australia: Western Australia, Albany, xi.1943 (J. Clark); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: ANIC.
 * Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1637 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 272; Heterick, 2009: 120.
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.