Myrmecia forceps obscuriceps

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Myrmecia forceps obscuriceps Viehmeyer, 1924 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecia forceps Roger, 1861

Myrmecia forceps var. obscuriceps Viehmeyer, 1924b: 222 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype (?) worker. Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Liverpool (H. Overbeck). Type-depository: MNHU. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given.

Junior synonym of Myrmecia forceps: Clark, 1951: 24; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp. 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
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.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Viehmeyer, H. 1924b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 13:219-229. PDF

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