Myrmecia ruginodis

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Myrmecia ruginodis (Clark, 1943) junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecia rugosa Wheeler, 1933

Promyrmecia ruginodis Clark, 1943: 113, pl. 13, figs. 20-22 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1(?) syntype queen, 1(?) syntype male. Primary type localities: Australia: Western Australia, Perth (J. Clark), Western Australia, Armadale (J. Clark), Western Australia, Ludlow (J. Clark). Primary type depository: MVMA. Primary type specimens: ANTWEB1008291, ANTWEB1008292.

Status as species: Clark, 1951: 207 (redescription).
Junior synonym of Myrmecia rugosa: Brown, 1953j: 5: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 16; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

Obsolete combinations

Promyrmecia ruginodis

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. PDF
Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 13:83-149. PDF
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.

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