Myrmecia aberrans

Myrmecia aberrans is infrequently encountered and very little is known of their biology. They appear to have very small colonies, possibly with less than 20 workers. Nests are in soil with small simple, cryptic entrances with no indication other than the scattered exoskeletal remains from recent prey items.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  aberrans. Myrmecia aberrans Forel, 1900b: 54 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1934a: 10 (q.m.). Combination in M. (Promyrmecia): Emery, 1911d: 19; in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 93; in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 6. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 50; Wheeler, W.M. 1937c: 42; Clark, 1951: 122; Ogata, 1991a: 356; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1643.