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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmeciinae
›
Myrmeciini
›
Myrmecia
›
Myrmecia pilosula
Myrmecia
pilosula
Smith, 1858
valid
Myrmecia pilosula
Smith, 1858a
: 146 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania). Australasia.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Taylor, 2015a
: 505). Type-locality: Australia: Tasmania. Type-depository:
BMNH
.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: paralectotype worker(s), paralectotype queen(s), paralectotype male(s) (numbers not stated).
Lectotype designation:
Taylor, 2015a
: 505.
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d
: 252 (l.);
Imai
et al.
, 1977
: 345 (k.)
Combination in
Myrmecia (Halmamyrmecia)
:
Wheeler, 1922c
: 195.
Combination in
Myrmecia (Promyrmecia)
:
Clark, 1929b
: 121;
Wheeler, 1933i
: 56.
Combination in
Promyrmecia
:
Clark, 1943
: 109.
Combination in
Myrmecia
:
Brown, 1953j
: 6.
Status as species:
Roger, 1861a
: 35;
Mayr, 1862
: 726 (in key);
Roger, 1863b
: 22;
Mayr, 1863a
: 430;
Mayr, 1876
: 93;
Emery, 1887f
: 444;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 21;
Forel, 1910b
: 7;
Emery, 1911e
: 21;
Forel, 1913h
: 173;
Emery, 1914a
: 179;
Forel, 1915b
: 4;
Crawley, 1926
: 383 (redescription);
Santschi, 1928e
: 465;
Clark, 1929b
: 121;
Wheeler, 1933i
: 56;
Clark, 1934c
: 51;
Clark, 1943
: 109 (redescription);
Clark, 1951
: 202 (redescription);
Brown, 1953j
: 6;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 14;
Taylor, 1987a
: 45;
Crosland
et al.
, 1988
: 13;
Ogata, 1991a
: 361;
Bolton, 1995b
: 272;
Taylor, 2015a
: 505, 509.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecia ruginoda
:
Brown, 1953j
: 6;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 14;
Taylor, 1987a
: 45;
Ogata & Taylor, 1991
: 1631;
Bolton, 1995b
: 273;
Taylor, 2015a
: 505.
Junior synonyms
Myrmecia ruginoda
(Smith, 1858)
Obsolete combination(s):
Ponera ruginoda
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.
1929b.
Results of a collecting trip to the Cann River, East Gippsland.
Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 46:115-123.
PDF
Clark, J.
1934c.
Ants from the Otway Ranges.
Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8:48-73.
PDF
Clark, J.
1943.
A revision of the genus
Promyrmecia
Emery (Formicidae).
Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 13:83-149.
PDF
Clark, J.
1951.
The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp.
PDF
Crawley, W. C.
1926.
A revision of some old types of Formicidae.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1925:373-393.
PDF
Crosland, M. W. J.
;
Crozier, R. H.
;
Imai, H. T.
1988.
Evidence for several sibling biological species centred on
Myrmecia pilosula
(F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 27:13-14.
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.
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
Forel, A.
1915b.
Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen.
Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119.
PDF
Imai, H. T.
;
Crozier, R. H.
;
Taylor, R. W.
1977.
Karyotype evolution in Australian ants.
Chromosoma (Berlin) 59:341-393.
PDF
Mayr, G.
1862.
Myrmecologische Studien.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12:649-776.
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.
Ants of the genus
Myrmecia
Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae).
Journal of Natural History 25:1623-1673.
PDF
Roger, J.
1861a.
Die
Ponera
-artigen Ameisen (Schluss).
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 5:1-54.
PDF
Roger, J.
1863b.
Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1928e.
Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56:465-483.
PDF
Smith, F.
1858a.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
London: British Museum, 216 pp.
PDF
Taylor, R. W.
1987a.
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.
PDF
Taylor, R. W.
2015a.
Ants with attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the
Myrmecia pilosula
species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae).
Zootaxa 3911 (4):493-520.
10.11646/zootaxa.3911.4.2
PDF
Taylor, R. W.
;
Brown, D. R.
1985.
Formicoidea.
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Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1971d.
Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47:245-256.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922c.
Observations on
Gigantiops
destructor
Fabricius and other leaping ants.
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PDF
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