Myrmecia formosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans subsp. formosa Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 52, fig. 19 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: 13 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Uralla, 26.xi.1931 (W.M. Wheeler).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 94;
 * combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 19.
 * Subspecies of aberrans: Clark, 1943: 94 (redescription).
 * Subspecies of maura: Brown, 1953j: 19; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata, 1991a: 356.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 131 (redescription); Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1632 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Senior synonym of haematosticta: Brown, 1953j: 19; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1628; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * haematosticta. Myrmecia (Promyrmecia) aberrans subsp. haematosticta Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 51 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Uralla, 27.xi.1931 (W.M. Wheeler).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Subspecies of aberrans: Clark, 1943: 94 (redescription).
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 130 (redescription).
 * Junior synonym of formosa: Brown, 1953j: 19; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 12; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1628; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.