Myrmecia spadicea Mayr, 1862 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858
Myrmecia spadicea Mayr, 1862: 724 (diagnosis in key) (w.eq.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales, South Australia). Australasia.
Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (Novara Expd.), South Australia, Adelaide. Type-depository: NHMW. Type notes: Brown, 1953j: 12, states that the holotype is an ergatoid queen, not a worker But as specimens from two localities are included in the original description, they must be regarded as syntypes.
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