Myrmecia esuriens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  esuriens. Myrmecia esuriens Fabricius, 1804: 424 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1934a: 16 (q.m.). Senior synonym of tasmaniensis: Roger, 1861a: 35; of walkeri: Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1934a: 16. See also: Clark, 1951: 84.
 * tasmaniensis. Myrmecia tasmaniensis Smith, F. 1858b: 147 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Junior synonym of esuriens: Roger, 1861a: 35.
 * walkeri. Myrmecia walkeri Forel, 1893d: 456 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Junior synonym of esuriens: Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1934a: 16.

Type Material


Myrmecia tasmaniensis

Holotype worker in. Labelled only “tasmaniensis Sm. type.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Forel A. 1893. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466.
 * Forel A. 1913. Fourmis de Tasmanie et d'Australie récoltées par MM. Lae, Froggatt etc. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 173-195
 * Lowery B. B., and R. J. Taylor. 1994. Occurrence of ant species in a range of sclerophyll forest communities at Old Chum Dam, north-eastern Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 21: 11-14.
 * 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.
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.