Myrmecia forceps

Myrmecia forceps has been collected rarely in WA, mainly from the wheatbelt. (Heterick 2009)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmecia forceps Roger, 1861a: 34 (w.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia (“New Holland”): (no further data).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Clark, 1951: 25 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971d: 248 (l.).
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 724 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863: 430; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Emery, 1911d: 20; Forel, 1911e: 252; Viehmeyer, 1924a: 221; Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 47; Clark, 1951: 24 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 7; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1633 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271;
 * Heterick, 2009: 120.
 * Senior synonym of obscuriceps: Clark, 1951: 24; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Senior synonym of singularis: Brown, 1953j: 7; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * obscuriceps. Myrmecia forceps var. obscuriceps Viehmeyer, 1924a: 222 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Liverpool (H. Overbeck).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Junior synonym of forceps: Clark, 1951: 24; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
 * singularis. Myrmecia singularis Clark, 1951: 26, fig. 5 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia: Kangaroo I.).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Kangaroo I. (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: ANIC.
 * Junior synonym of forceps: Brown, 1953j: 7; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

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
 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
 * 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.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1924. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 219-229.