Myrmecia simillima

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * crudelis. Myrmecia crudelis Smith, F. 1858b: 147 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of simillima: Brown, 1953j: 12. See also: Crawley, 1926: 374; Clark, 1951: 35.
 *  simillima. Myrmecia simillima Smith, F. 1858b: 144 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Forel, 1907h: 265 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 253 (l.). Junior synonym of forficata: Mayr, 1876: 95. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of forficata: Dalla Torre, 1893: 20; Forel, 1907h: 265; Forel, 1910b: 3; Forel, 1915b: 5. Revived status as species: Clark, 1927: 37; Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 34; Clark, 1951: 89. Senior synonym of affinis: Forel, 1907h: 265; Clark, 1951: 89; of crudelis, nigriventris (and its junior synonym spadicea), paucidens, rogeri, tricolor: Brown, 1953j: 12. See also: Crawley, 1926: 376.
 * affinis. Myrmecia affinis Mayr, 1862: 725 (diagnosis in key) (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of simillima: Forel, 1907h: 265; Clark, 1951: 89.
 * nigriventris. Myrmecia nigriventris Mayr, 1862: 727 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Subspecies of tricolor: Forel, 1910b: 7; Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1951: 45. Senior synonym of spadicea: Forel, 1910b: 7; Clark, 1951: 45. Junior synonym of simillima: Brown, 1953j: 12.
 * spadicea. Myrmecia spadicea Mayr, 1862: 724 (diagnosis in key) (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of tricolor: Emery, 1911d: 20; of nigriventris: Forel, 1910b: 7; Clark, 1951: 45.
 * tricolor. Myrmecia tricolor Mayr, 1862: 724 (diagnosis in key) (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1951: 44 (q.). Junior synonym of simillima: Brown, 1953j: 12.
 * paucidens. Myrmecia paucidens Forel, 1910b: 5 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Junior synonym of simillima: Brown, 1953j: 12.
 * rogeri. Myrmecia tricolor var. rogeri Emery, 1914b: 181 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Viehmeyer, 1924a: 222 (q.). Raised to species: Clark, 1951: 32. Junior synonym of simillima: Brown, 1953j: 12.