Myrmecia clarki

This ant is quite common in Banksia woodland around Perth, but has been collected as far north as Ethel Creek in the Pilbara. (Heterick 2009)

Identification
Heterick (2009) - Myrmecia clarki is a small, dark Myrmecia with yellow mandibles.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia clarki Crawley, 1922b: 432 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Mudaring Weir, no. 112 (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: OXUM.
 * Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 61 (q.); Clark, 1943: 132 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 247 (l.).
 * Combination in M. (Promyrmecia): Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 61;
 * combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 132;
 * combination in Myrmecia: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 61; Clark, 1943: 132 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 174 (redescription); Ogata, 1991a: 362; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 7; Taylor, 1987a: 42; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1642 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 270; Heterick, 2009: 123.
 * Distribution: Australia.