Protonym: Formica forficata
Authorship Fabricius, 1787: 310
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (Tasmania)
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.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica forficata Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Myrmecia forficata (Fabricius, 1787)
Original combination
Myrmecia forficata Species Valid