Myrmecia forficata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Biology
Independent colony foundation is non-claustral (Wheeler 1933 p. 33).

Nomenclature

 *  forficata. Formica forficata Fabricius, 1787: 310 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Mayr, 1876: 95 (q.); Clark, 1927: 35 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 249 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.). Combination in Myrmecia: Fabricius, 1804: 424. Senior synonym of lucida: Clark, 1951: 93; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; of rubra (and its junior synonym violacea): Brown, 1953j: 28. See also: Forel, 1913g: 173; Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 31.
 * lucida. Myrmecia lucida Forel, 1893d: 457 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 250 (l.). Junior synonym of forficata: Clark, 1951: 93; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629.
 * rubra. Myrmecia forficata var. rubra Forel, 1910b: 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1927: 36 (q.). Raised to species: Clark, 1927: 36. Senior synonym of violacea: Clark, 1951: 98. Junior synonym of forficata: Brown, 1953j: 28.
 * violacea. Myrmecia simillima var. violacea Clark, 1927: 37 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [First available use of Myrmecia forficata r. simillima var. violacea Forel, 1915b: 5; unavailable name (Taylor, 1986: 34).] Junior synonym of rubra: Clark, 1951: 98.