Checklist of Myrmecia species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Myrmecia. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Myrmecia species and for distribution information see Myrmecia species by Country.

A
aberrans Forel, 1900 (Australia)

acuta Ogata & Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

analis Mayr, 1862 (Australia)

• Myrmecia atriscapa Crawley, 1925

apicalis Emery, 1883 (New Caledonia)

arnoldi Clark, 1951 (Australia)

athertonensis Forel, 1915 (Australia)

auriventris Mayr, 1870 (Australia)

B
banksi Taylor, 2015 (Australia)

borealis Ogata & Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

brevinoda Forel, 1910 (Australia, New Zealand)

• Myrmecia decipians Clark, 1951

• Myrmecia forficata eudoxia Forel, 1915

• Myrmecia longinodis Clark, 1951

• Myrmecia pyriformis gigas Forel, 1913

browningi Ogata & Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

C
callima (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

cephalotes (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

chasei Forel, 1894 (Australia)

• Myrmecia pilosula mediorubra Forel, 1910

chrysogaster (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

clarki Crawley, 1922 (Australia)

comata Clark, 1951 (Australia)

croslandi Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

cydista (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

D
desertorum Wheeler, W.M., 1915 (Australia)

• Myrmecia lutea Crawley, 1922

• Myrmecia princeps Clark, 1951

dichospila Clark, 1938 (Australia)

dimidiata Clark, 1951 (Australia)

dispar (Clark, 1951) (Australia)

E
elegans (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

erecta Ogata & Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

esuriens Fabricius, 1804 (Australia)

• Myrmecia tasmaniensis Smith, F., 1858

• Myrmecia walkeri Forel, 1893

eungellensis Ogata & Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

exigua (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

F
fabricii Ogata & Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

ferruginea Mayr, 1876 (Australia)

flammicollis Brown, 1953 (Australia)

flavicoma Roger, 1861 (Australia)

forceps Roger, 1861 (Australia)

• Myrmecia forceps obscuriceps Viehmeyer, 1924

• Myrmecia singularis Clark, 1951

forficata (Fabricius, 1787) (Australia)

• Myrmecia forficata rubra Forel, 1910

• Myrmecia lucida Forel, 1893

• Myrmecia simillima violacea Clark, 1927

formosa Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)

• Myrmecia aberrans haematosticta Wheeler, W.M., 1933

froggatti Forel, 1910 (Australia)

• Myrmecia aberrans sericata Wheeler, W.M., 1933

• Myrmecia aberrans taylori Wheeler, W.M., 1933

• Promyrmecia eupoecila Clark, 1943

• Promyrmecia excavata Clark, 1951

• Promyrmecia greavesi Clark, 1943

fucosa Clark, 1934 (Australia)

fulgida Clark, 1951 (Australia)

• Myrmecia suttoni Clark, 1951

fulviculis Forel, 1913 (Australia)

fulvipes Roger, 1861 (Australia)

• Myrmecia fulvipes barbata Wheeler, W.M., 1933

• Myrmecia piliventris femorata Santschi, 1928

fuscipes Clark, 1951 (Australia)

G
gilberti Forel, 1910 (Australia)

• Myrmecia regina Santschi, 1928

gratiosa Clark, 1951 (Australia)

gulosa (Fabricius, 1775) (Australia)

• Myrmecia gulosa obscurior Forel, 1922

H
harderi Forel, 1910 (Australia)

• Promyrmecia celaena Clark, 1943

• Promyrmecia maloni Clark, 1943

• Promyrmecia scabra Clark, 1943

haskinsorum Taylor, 2015 (Australia)

hilli (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

hirsuta Clark, 1951 (Australia)

I
imaii Taylor, 2015 (Australia)

impaternata Taylor, 2015 (Australia)

infima Forel, 1900 (Australia)

inquilina Douglas & Brown, 1959 (Australia)

L
loweryi Ogata & Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

ludlowi Crawley, 1922 (Australia)

luteiforceps Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)

M
mandibularis Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

• Myrmecia fulvipes coelatinoda Wheeler, W.M., 1933

• Myrmecia mandibularis aureorufa Forel, 1910

• Myrmecia mandibularis postpetiolaris Wheeler, W.M., 1933

• Promyrmecia laevinodis Clark, 1943

maura Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)

michaelseni Forel, 1907 (Australia)

• Myrmecia michaelseni perthensis Crawley, 1922

midas Clark, 1951 (Australia)

minuscula Forel, 1915 (Australia)

mjobergi Forel, 1915 (Australia)

N
nigra Forel, 1907 (Australia)

nigriceps Mayr, 1862 (Australia)

• Myrmecia fasciata Clark, 1951

nigriscapa Roger, 1861 (Australia)

nigrocincta Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

nobilis (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

O
occidentalis (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

• Promyrmecia opaca Clark, 1943

P
pavida Clark, 1951 (Australia)

• Myrmecia atrata Clark, 1951

petiolata Emery, 1895 (Australia)

picta Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

picticeps Clark, 1951 (Australia)

piliventris Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

• Myrmecia piliventris rectidens Forel, 1910

pilosula Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

• Ponera ruginoda Smith, F., 1858

potteri (Clark, 1951) (Australia)

pulchra Clark, 1929 (Australia)

• Myrmecia crassinoda Clark, 1934

• Myrmecia fallax Clark, 1951

• Myrmecia murina Clark, 1951

pyriformis Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

• Myrmecia sanguinea Smith, F., 1858

Q
queenslandica Forel, 1915 (Australia)

• Myrmecia michaelseni overbecki Viehmeyer, 1924

R
regularis Crawley, 1925 (Australia)

rowlandi Forel, 1910 (Australia)

• Myrmecia cardigaster Brown, 1953

• Myrmecia cordata Clark Clark, 1951

• Myrmecia tarsata malandensis Forel, 1915

rubicunda (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

rubripes Clark, 1951 (Australia)

rufinodis Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

• Myrmecia gracilis Emery, 1898

rugosa Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)

• Promyrmecia ruginodis Clark, 1943

S
simillima Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

• Myrmecia affinis Mayr, 1862

• Myrmecia crudelis Smith, F., 1858

• Myrmecia nigriventris Mayr, 1862

• Myrmecia paucidens Forel, 1910

• Myrmecia spadicea Mayr, 1862

• Myrmecia tricolor Mayr, 1862

• Myrmecia tricolor rogeri Emery, 1914

subfasciata Viehmeyer, 1924 (Australia)

swalei Crawley, 1922 (Australia)

T
tarsata Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

tepperi Emery, 1898 (Australia)

testaceipes (Clark, 1943) (Australia)

• Promyrmecia dixoni Clark, 1943

tridentata Ogata & Taylor, 1991 (Australia)

U
urens Lowne, 1865 (Australia)

• Myrmecia pumilio Mayr, 1866

V
varians Mayr, 1876 (Australia)

• Myrmecia rufonigra Crawley, 1921

• Promyrmecia goudiei Clark, 1943

• Promyrmecia marmorata (Clark, 1951)

• Promyrmecia shepherdi Clark, 1943

• Promyrmecia wilsoni Clark, 1943

vindex Smith, F., 1858 (Australia)

• Myrmecia vindex basirufa Forel, 1907