Myrmecia acuta

Heterick (2009) - Myrmecia acuta appears to have a restricted distribution in the Esperance area. I am not totally convinced that M. acuta is a distinct species: several representatives of Myrmecia swalei in the Curtin Ant Collection have a labral process almost as acuminate as that illustrated in Ogata and Taylor (1991), while others have a more broadly trapezoid process, and these extremes are connected by intermediate states in other workers.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia acuta Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1664, figs. 44, 45 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 12 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Australia: Western Australia, Esperance, Telegraph Hill (33/141), 300 ft, 5.i.1970 (B.B. Lowery); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, WAMP (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 270; Heterick, 2009: 123.
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.