Myrmecia

Keys
Australian species

Larva


Wheeler and Wheeler describe the larvae of several species of Myrmecia in 1971.

Nomenclature

 *  MYRMECIA [Myrmeciinae: Myrmeciini]
 * Myrmecia Fabricius, 1804: 423. Type-species: Formica gulosa, by subsequent designation of Shuckard, in Swainson & Shuckard, 1840: 173.
 * Myrmecia senior synonym of Promyrmecia (and its junior synonyms Halmamyrmecia, Pristomyrmecia): Brown, 1953c: 1.
 * HALMAMYRMECIA [junior synonym of Myrmecia]
 * Halmamyrmecia Wheeler, W.M. 1922b: 195 [as subgenus of Myrmecia]. Type-species: Myrmecia pilosula, by original designation.
 * Halmamyrmecia junior synonym of Promyrmecia: Clark, 1927: 37; Clark, 1951: 119.
 * Halmamyrmecia junior synonym of Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 1.
 * PRISTOMYRMECIA [junior synonym of Myrmecia]
 * Pristomyrmecia Emery, 1911d: 21 [as subgenus of Myrmecia]. Type-species: Myrmecia mandibularis, by original designation.
 * Pristomyrmecia junior synonym of Promyrmecia: Clark, 1927: 37; Clark, 1951: 119.
 * Pristomyrmecia junior synonym of Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 1.
 * PROMYRMECIA [junior synonym of Myrmecia]
 * Promyrmecia Emery, 1911d: 19 [as subgenus of Myrmecia]. Type-species: Myrmecia aberrans, by original designation.
 * Promyrmecia raised to genus: Clark, 1943: 84.
 * Promyrmecia senior synonym of Halmamyrmecia, Pristomyrmecia: Clark, 1927: 37; Clark, 1943: 84; Clark, 1951: 119.
 * Promyrmecia junior synonym of Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 1.

Additional References

 * Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1971d. Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 47: 245-256