Myrmecia pulchra

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Castes
Clark (1951) described ergatoid queens in M. pulchra

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia pulchra Clark, 1929: 119, pl. 1, fig. 3 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens.
 * Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, East Gippsland, Cann River, 26.xi.-8.xii.1928 (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Clark, 1951: 83 (subapterous q.).
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 82 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1635 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 273.
 * Senior synonym of crassinoda: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
 * Senior synonym of fallax: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
 * Senior synonym of murina: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * crassinoda. Myrmecia crassinoda Clark, 1934c: 50, pl. 4, fig. 2 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype ergatoid queen.
 * Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Gellibrand (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 88 (redescription).
 * Junior synonym of pulchra: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * fallax. Myrmecia fallax Clark, 1951: 79, fig. 57 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Australia: Victoria, Kerrie (J.E. Dixon); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: ANIC.
 * Junior synonym of pulchra: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * murina. Myrmecia murina Clark, 1951: 80, figs. 58-60 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Australia: Victoria, Belgrave, i.1933 (J. Clark); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: ANIC.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 251 (l.).
 * Junior synonym of pulchra: Brown, 1953j: 27; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Sinclair J. E., and T. R. New. 2004. Pine plantations in south eastern Australia support highly impoverished ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 277-286.
 * 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.