Myrmecia mandibularis

Myrmecia mandibularis, the only species in the SWBP of the species-group that bears its name, is a common and very conspicuous member of the Darling Range ant fauna, but can be found from south-western WA to Victoria. (Heterick 2009)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia mandibularis Smith, F. 1858b: 145 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, “53/56”.
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Clark, 1943: 138 (q.m.).
 * Combination in M. (Pristomyrmecia): Emery, 1911d: 21;
 * combination in M. (Promyrmecia): Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 64;
 * combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 137;
 * combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 4.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 36; Mayr, 1862: 727 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 23; Mayr, 1863: 430; Dalla Torre, 1893: 20; Emery, 1911d: 21; Crawley, 1926: 385 (redescription); Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 64; Clark, 1943: 137 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 151 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 4; Kugler, C. 1980b: 265; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 359; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1639 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 272; Heterick, 2009: 123.
 * Senior synonym of aureorufa: Clark, 1943: 137; Clark, 1951: 151; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Senior synonym of caelatinoda: Brown, 1953j: 4; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Senior synonym of laevinodis: Brown, 1953j: 4; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Senior synonym of postpetiolaris: Clark, 1943: 137; Clark, 1951: 151; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * aureorufa. Myrmecia mandibularis subsp. aureorufa Forel, 1910b: 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: (no further data).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * [Misspelled as aerorufa by Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630.]
 * Subspecies of mandibularis: Emery, 1911d: 21; Santschi, 1928e: 465.
 * Junior synonym of mandibularis: Clark, 1943: 137; Clark, 1951: 151; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 270.
 * caelatinoda. Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) fulvipes subsp. caelatinoda Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 72 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Belair (J.W. Haacke).
 * [Note: holotype lost: Brown, 1953j: 4, Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12.]
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * [Misspelled as coelatinoda by Clark, 1934: 147; Brown, 1953j: 4.]
 * Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 147.
 * Subspecies of fulvipes: Clark, 1943: 147; Clark, 1951: 167.
 * Junior synonym of mandibularis: Brown, 1953j: 4; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * laevinodis. Promyrmecia laevinodis Clark, 1943: 139, pl. 17, figs. 94, 95 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Armadale (J. Clark) (by restriction of Clark, 1951: 155); non-type locality syntypes Western Australia, Albany (J. Clark), Western Australia, Bunbury (J. Clark), South Australia, Lucindale (A.M. Lea), South Australia, Melrose (A.M. Lea), South Australia, Kangaroo I. (A. Campbell), Victoria, Mallee (J.E. Dixon).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 154 (redescription).
 * Junior synonym of mandibularis: Brown, 1953j: 4; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * postpetiolaris. Myrmecia mandibularis subsp. postpetiolaris Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 65 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-localities: Australia: South Australia, Mt Lofty, Victoria, Ballarat, Western Australia, Warren River.
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Junior synonym of mandibularis: Clark, 1943: 137; Clark, 1951: 151; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
111: 1-35.
 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1953. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
 * 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.