Myrmecia fulgida

Curtin University staff and students at Carrabin Nature reserve inspected an active nest of this huge species, near where a specimen was also collected in a pitfall trap (Heterick 2009).

Identification
Heterick (2009) - Distinguished by the long, erect setae on the side of the head capsule.

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Myrmecia fulgida has been recorded from the western goldfields of WA.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia fulgida Clark, 1951: 73, fig. 52 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Australia: Western Australia, Parker’s Range, xi.1947 (T. Greaves); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: ANIC.
 * Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 10; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1637 (in key), 1657; Bolton, 1995b: 271; Heterick, 2009: 121.
 * Senior synonym of suttoni: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1657; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * suttoni. Myrmecia suttoni Clark, 1951: 72, figs. 50, 51 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype queens (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Australia: Queensland, Fletcher (E. Sutton); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: ANIC.
 * Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 16; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata, 1991a: 358.
 * Junior synonym of fulgida: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1657; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Ogata K. and Taylor R.W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae), Journal of Natural History, 25: 1623-1673
 * 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.