Protonym: Myrmecia spadicea
| Authorship | Mayr, 1862: 724 (diagnosis in key) |
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| Forms | w.eq. |
| Bioregion | Australasia |
| Locality | AUSTRALIA (New South Wales, South Australia) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (Novara Expd.) (sent by R. von Frauenfeld), South Australia, Adelaide (received from Dohrn). Primary 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. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Myrmecia spadicea | Species |
Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858
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Original combination |