Syscia australis edentata

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Ooceraea australis.

Nomenclature

 * edentatus. Syscia australis var. edentata Forel, 1900b: 69 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
 * [Misspelled as edentula by Emery, 1911d: 10.]
 * Combination in Cerapachys (Syscia): Emery, 1911d: 10.
 * Subspecies of australis: Emery, 1911d: 10; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 264.
 * Synonym of australis: Brown, 1975: 22, 72; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 24; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 142.

Taxonomic Notes
All these authors give edentata as senior synonym, but australis has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that australis was a junior homonym, which is not the case.