Myrmecia nigriscapa

Myrmecia nigriscapa appears to be rather timid for a bulldog ant. Members of one nest completely refused to confront the author. (Heterick 2009)

Identification
Heterick (2009) - A yellow apex to the gaster with the basal portion of the gaster red.

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Widespread in other Australian states but seems to have a localised distribution in the Darling Range south of Perth in Western Australia.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia nigriscapa Roger, 1861a: 33 (w.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: 6 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Australia (“New Holland”): (no further data).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Clark, 1925b: 142 (q.m.).
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 723 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863: 430; Mayr, 1876: 96; Dalla Torre, 1893: 21; Forel, 1907h: 266; Emery, 1911d: 19; Clark, 1925b: 141; Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 30; Clark, 1951: 51 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 13; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1637 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 272; Heterick, 2009: 120.
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Clark J. 1925. The ants of Victoria. Part II. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 42: 135-144.
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.