Myrmecia rufinodis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia rufinodis Smith, F. 1858b: 145 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, “53/8”.
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Clark, 1951: 38 (q.m.).
 * Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 36; Mayr, 1862: 727 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 23; Mayr, 1863: 430; Dalla Torre, 1893: 21; Emery, 1911d: 20; Clark, 1951: 37 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 8; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 15; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1637 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 273.
 * Senior synonym of gracilis: Brown, 1953j: 8; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 15; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * gracilis. Myrmecia gracilis Emery, 1898b: 232, fig. 2 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Kingskate (= Kingscote) (Tepper).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Clark, 1938: 358 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 250 (l.).
 * Subspecies of crudelis: Emery, 1911d: 19.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1938: 357 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 39 (redescription).
 * Junior synonym of rufinodis: Brown, 1953j: 8; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 15; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.

Type Material


Myrmecia rufinodis

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Adelaide 53/8” and with a det. label “rufinodis type Sm.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
111: 1-35.
 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1953. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
 * Clark J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)50: 356-382.
 * 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.