Myrmecia forficata valid Australia (Tasmania). Australasia.
Fabricius, J. C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus, genericis, differentiis, specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Tome I. Hafniae [= Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft, 348 pp.   124867

Myrmecia forficata brevinoda obsolete combination Australia (New South Wales, Victoria). Australasia.
Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18:1-94.   125203

Myrmecia forficata eudoxia obsolete combination Australia (Queensland). Australasia.
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119.   125258

Myrmecia forficata rubra obsolete combination Australia (Victoria). Australasia.
Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18:1-94.   125203

Myrmecia forficata simillima obsolete combination Australia. Australasia.
Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp.   128685

Myrmecia forficata simillima violacea unavailable Australia (Victoria). Australasia.
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119.   125258