Myrmecia harderi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia harderi Forel, 1910b: 8 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Gundah (W.W. Froggatt).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB.
 * Clark, 1943: 118 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 250 (l.).
 * Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 118;
 * combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 16.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 21; Clark, 1943: 118 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 215 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 16; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1641 (in key), 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Senior synonym of celaena: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Senior synonym of maloni: Brown, 1953j: 16; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Senior synonym of scabra: Brown, 1953j: 16; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * celaena. Promyrmecia celaena Clark, 1943: 120, pl. 14, fig. 42 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales, Queensland).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Australia: New South Wales, Pilliga (W.W. Froggatt), New South Wales, Narrabri (W.W. Froggatt); non-type locality syntypes Queensland, Millmeran (J. Macqueen).
 * [Note: type-locality New South Wales by restriction of Clark, 1951: 221.]
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 17.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 220 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 361.
 * Junior synonym of harderi: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 270.
 * cordata. Myrmecia cordata Clark, 1951: 116, fig. 90 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: N Queensland, Malanda (G.F. Hill).
 * Type-depository: ANIC.
 * [Junior primary homonym of Myrmecia cordata Fabricius, 1804: 425.]
 * Replacement name: Myrmecia cardigaster Brown, 1953j: 28.
 * maloni. Promyrmecia maloni Clark, 1943: 121, pl. 14, fig. 43 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Inglewood, ix.1939 (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 221 (redescription).
 * Junior synonym of harderi: Brown, 1953j: 16; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * scabra. Promyrmecia scabra Clark, 1943: 118, pl. 14, figs. 40, 41 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1(?) syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Leigh’s Creek (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 217 (redescription).
 * Junior synonym of harderi: Brown, 1953j: 16; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Ogata K. and Taylor R.W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae), Journal of Natural History, 25: 1623-1673
 * 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.