Myrmecia callima

The two members of the M. cephalotes species group found in WA, Myrmecia callima and Myrmecia hilli, have not been taken in the SWBP by Curtin University staff, but M. callima has been collected at Corrigin and Southern Cross by ANIC researchers. Ants in this group can be distinguished from other Myrmecia by virtue of the non-pectinate tibial spur on their hind leg. (Heterick 2009)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Promyrmecia callima Clark, 1943: 125, pl. 14, fig. 36 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Kiata, xi.1940 (I.H. Coles & J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7.
 * Status as species: Clark, 1951: 148 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1632 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 270; Heterick, 2009: 121.
 * Distribution: Australia.

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.