Myrmecia desertorum

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Biology
Workers forage during the day, making them an obvious component of the Australian Arid Zone. As with all species of Myrmecia, these are highly visual and aggressive ants, detecting intruders and threats from some distance away, turning towards them and either attaching or retreating, depending primarily on the proximity to the nest (the closer the nest the more aggressive these ants are).



Nomenclature

 *  desertorum. Myrmecia vindex var. desertorum Wheeler, W.M. 1915g: 805 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1925b: 144 (q.m.). Raised to species: Clark, 1930c: 22. Senior synonym of lutea, princeps: Brown, 1953j: 25. See also: Clark, 1951: 59.
 * lutea. Myrmecia lutea Crawley, 1922b: 429 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of desertorum: Brown, 1953j: 25.
 * princeps. Myrmecia princeps Clark, 1951: 46, fig. 24 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of desertorum: Brown, 1953j: 25.