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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmeciinae
›
Myrmeciini
›
Myrmecia
›
Myrmecia forficata
Myrmecia
forficata
(Fabricius, 1787)
valid
Formica forficata
Fabricius, 1787
: 310 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Tasmania (“Terra Diemanii” = Van Diemen’s Land). Primary type depository:
BMNH
.
Type notes:
Zimsen, 1964
: 428, reports a second specimen in
ZMUK
.
Mayr, 1876
: 95 (q.);
Clark, 1927
: 35 (m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d
: 249 (l.);
Imai
et al.
, 1977
: 345 (k.)
Combination in
Myrmecia
:
Fabricius, 1804
: 424
Combination in
Myrmica
:
Latreille, 1809
: 131;
Leach, 1815
: 147.
Combination in
Eciton
: Latreille, 1817c: 75.
Combination in
Myrmecia
:
Smith, 1858a
: 143;
Roger, 1861a
: 33.
Status as species:
Gmelin, 1790
: 2803;
Olivier, 1792
: 501;
Fabricius, 1793
: 363;
Latreille, 1802a
: 216;
Fabricius, 1804
: 424;
Latreille, 1809
: 131;
Leach, 1815
: 147; Latreille, 1817c: 75;
Smith, 1858a
: 143;
Roger, 1861a
: 35;
Mayr, 1862
: 726 (in key);
Roger, 1863b
: 22;
Mayr, 1863a
: 430;
Mayr, 1876
: 95;
Emery, 1887f
: 443;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 20;
Forel, 1910b
: 2;
Emery, 1911e
: 20;
Forel, 1913h
: 173;
Emery, 1914a
: 179;
Poulton, 1922
: 120;
Clark, 1927
: 35;
Santschi, 1928e
: 465;
Clark, 1929b
: 120;
Wheeler, 1933i
: 31;
Clark, 1951
: 93 (redescription);
Brown, 1953j
: 28;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 10;
Taylor, 1987a
: 43;
Ogata, 1991a
: 358;
Ogata & Taylor, 1991
: 1635 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 271.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecia lucida
:
Clark, 1951
: 93;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 10;
Taylor, 1987a
: 43;
Ogata & Taylor, 1991
: 1629;
Bolton, 1995b
: 271.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecia rubra
:
Brown, 1953j
: 28;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 10;
Taylor, 1987a
: 43;
Ogata & Taylor, 1991
: 1629;
Bolton, 1995b
: 271.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecia simillima violacea
Clark, 1927
:
Brown, 1953j
: 28;
Bolton, 1995b
: 271.
Junior synonyms
Myrmecia lucida
Forel, 1893
Myrmecia rubra
Forel, 1910
Obsolete combination(s):
Myrmecia forficata rubra
Myrmecia simillima violacea
Clark, 1927
Obsolete combinations
Formica forficata
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1953j.
Revisionary notes on the ant genus
Myrmecia
of Australia.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111:1-35.
PDF
Clark, J.
1927.
The ants of Victoria. Part III.
Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 44:33-40.
PDF
Clark, J.
1929b.
Results of a collecting trip to the Cann River, East Gippsland.
Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 46:115-123.
PDF
Clark, J.
1951.
The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp.
PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Emery, C.
1887f.
Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine).
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 25[=(2)5]:433-448.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Emery, C.
1914a.
Formiche d'Australia e di Samoa raccolte dal Prof. Silvestri nel 1913.
Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:179-186.
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Fabricius, J. C.
1787.
Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus, genericis, differentiis, specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Tome I.
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PDF
Fabricius, J. C.
1793.
Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome 2.
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PDF
Fabricius, J. C.
1804.
Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Brunswick: C. Reichard, xiv + 15-439 + 30 pp.
PDF
Forel, A.
1910b.
Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18:1-94.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913h.
Fourmis de Tasmanie et d'Australie récoltées par MM. Lae, Froggatt etc.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 49:173-195.
PDF
Gmelin, J. F.
1790.
Caroli a Linné, systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Tomus I. Pars V.
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PDF
Imai, H. T.
;
Crozier, R. H.
;
Taylor, R. W.
1977.
Karyotype evolution in Australian ants.
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PDF
Latreille, P. A.
1802a.
Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes.
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PDF
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1809.
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PDF
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1815.
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Brewster, D.
(ed.) 1815.
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1862.
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PDF
Mayr, G.
1863a.
Formicidarum index synonymicus.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1876.
Die australischen Formiciden.
Journal des Museum Godeffroy 12:56-115.
PDF
Ogata, K.
1991a.
Ants of the genus
Myrmecia
Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae).
Systematic Entomology 16:353-381.
PDF
Ogata, K.
;
Taylor, R. W.
1991.
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PDF
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1792.
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Poulton, E. B.
1922.
Notes on some Australian ants. Biological notes by E. B. Poulton, D.Sc., M.A., F.R.S., and notes and descriptions of new forms by W. C. Crawley, B.A., F.E.S., F.R.M.S. [Combined reference].
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PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
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PDF
Santschi, F.
1928e.
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PDF
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1858a.
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PDF
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PDF
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;
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;
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