Myrmecia pyriformis

Identification Keys including this Taxon

 * Key to Australian Myrmecia Species

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Castes
Myrmecia pyriformis workers are markedly polymorphic in size; minor workers are almost half the size of majors. All workers have a spermatheca, and 3 gamergates (intermediate in size) were found in one orphaned colony (Dietemann et al. 2004).

Nomenclature

 *  pyriformis. Myrmecia pyriformis Smith, F. 1858b: 144, pl. 10, figs. 1-6 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 252 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.). Subspecies of forficata: Forel, 1910b: 2. Revived status as species: Clark, 1927: 36. Senior synonym of sanguinea: Brown, 1953j: 9. See also: Crawley, 1926: 377; Clark, 1951: 99.
 * sanguinea. Myrmecia sanguinea Smith, F. 1858b: 148 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Mayr, 1876: 94 (q.); Forel, 1910b: 3 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 112 (l.). Junior synonym of forficata: Clark, 1951: 93; of pyriformis: Brown, 1953j: 9. See also: Crawley, 1926: 378.