Myrmecia forficata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Biology
Independent colony foundation is non-claustral (Wheeler 1933 p. 33).

Nomenclature

 * . Formica forficata Fabricius, 1787: 310 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania,).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: Tasmania (“Terra Diemanii” = Van Diemen’s Land).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Mayr, 1876: 95 (q.); Clark, 1927: 35 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 249 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.).
 * Combination in Myrmecia: Fabricius, 1804: 424;
 * combination in Myrmica: Latreille, 1809: 131; Leach, 1815: 147;
 * combination in Eciton: Latreille, 1817c: 75;
 * combination in Myrmecia: Smith, F. 1858b: 143; Roger, 1861a: 33.
 * Status as species: Gmelin, 1790: 2803; Olivier, 1792: 501; Fabricius, 1793: 363; Latreille, 1802c: 216; Fabricius, 1804: 424; Latreille, 1809: 131; Leach, 1815: 147; Latreille, 1817c: 75; Smith, F. 1858b: 143; Roger, 1861a: 35; Mayr, 1862: 726 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863: 430; Mayr, 1876: 95; Emery, 1887b: 443; Dalla Torre, 1893: 20; Forel, 1910b: 2; Emery, 1911d: 20; Forel, 1913g: 173; Emery, 1914b: 179; Poulton & Crawley, 1922: 120; Clark, 1927: 35; Santschi, 1928e: 465; Clark, 1929: 120; Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 31; Clark, 1951: 93 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 28; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1635 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Senior synonym of lucida: Clark, 1951: 93; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Senior synonym of rubra: Brown, 1953j: 28; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Senior synonym of violacea: Brown, 1953j: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * lucida. Myrmecia lucida Forel, 1893d: 457 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Tasmania, Hobart (J.J. Walker).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 250 (l.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1927: 35.
 * Junior synonym of forficata: Clark, 1951: 93; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * rubra. Myrmecia forficata var. rubra Forel, 1910b: 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Jarra district (W.W. Froggatt).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Clark, 1927: 36 (q.).
 * Subspecies of forficata: Emery, 1911d: 20; Wheeler, W.M. 1933b: 20.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1927: 36; Clark, 1951: 98 (redescription).
 * Junior synonym of forficata: Brown, 1953j: 28; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
 * violacea. Myrmecia simillima var. violacea Clark, 1927: 37.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Healesville (H.A. Arnold).
 * Type-depository: MHNG (possibly also in NHRS).
 * [First available use of Myrmecia forficata r. simillima var. violacea Forel, 1915b: 5 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Taylor, 1986: 34).]
 * Subspecies of simillima: Santschi, 1928e: 465.
 * Junior synonym of rubra: Clark, 1951: 98.
 * Junior synonym of forficata: Brown, 1953j: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 271.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * CSIRO Collection
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 * 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.
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