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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmeciinae
›
Myrmeciini
›
Myrmecia
›
Myrmecia gracilis
Myrmecia
gracilis
Emery, 1898
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Myrmecia rufinodis
Smith, 1858
Myrmecia gracilis
Emery, 1898b
: 232, fig. 2 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia). Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: South Australia, Kingskate (= Kingscote) (
J.G.O. Tepper
). Primary type depository:
MSNG
.
Clark, 1938
: 358 (q.m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d
: 250 (l.)
Subspecies of
Myrmecia crudelis
:
Emery, 1911e
: 19.
Status as species:
Clark, 1938
: 357 (redescription);
Clark, 1951
: 39 (redescription).
Junior synonym of
Myrmecia rufinodis
:
Brown, 1953j
: 8;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 15;
Taylor, 1987a
: 45;
Ogata & Taylor, 1991
: 1629;
Bolton, 1995b
: 271.
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.
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Clark, J.
1938.
The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera).
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)50:356-382.
Clark, J.
1951.
The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp.
PDF
Emery, C.
1898b.
Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane. Note sinonimiche.
Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)2:231-245.
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
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.
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1971d.
Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47:245-256.
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