Myrmecia esuriens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia esuriens Fabricius, 1804: 424 (w.) French Guiana.
 * Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: French Guiana: Cayenne.
 * [Note: type-locality corrected to Australia by Roger, 1861a: 35.]
 * Type-depository: “whereabouts unknown”, according to Taylor & Brown, 1985: 5.
 * [Note: Fabricius material is mostly in ZMUC; Banks material described by Fabricius is in BMNH. According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 71, other material exists in OXUM, MNHN, and in very badly damaged condition in ZMUK.]
 * Clark, 1934a: 16 (ergatoid q. m.).
 * Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 35; Mayr, 1862: 727 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863: 430; Mayr, 1876: 94; Emery, 1887b: 443; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Emery, 1911d: 20; Forel, 1913g: 173; Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 31; Clark, 1934a: 16 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 84 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 8; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1633 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Senior synonym of tasmaniensis: Roger, 1861a: 35; Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863: 430; Mayr, 1876: 94; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1934a: 16; Clark, 1951: 84; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 8; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1628; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Senior synonym of walkeri: Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1934a: 16; Clark, 1951: 84; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1628; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * tasmaniensis. Myrmecia tasmaniensis Smith, F. 1858b: 147 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: Tasmania.
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Junior synonym of esuriens: Roger, 1861a: 35; Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863: 430; Mayr, 1876: 94; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1934a: 16; Clark, 1951: 84; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 8; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1628; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
 * walkeri. Myrmecia walkeri Forel, 1893d: 456 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Holo. w. ANIC
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Tasmania, Hobart (J.J. Walker).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Junior synonym of esuriens: Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1934a: 16; Clark, 1951: 84; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1628; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

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.