Protonym: Myrmecia tarsata
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 145
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality AUSTRALIA (New South Wales)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales, NH Hunter River, “44/105” (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902785.
Type notes 1) 1 worker in BMNH confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978. 2) Originally more than one specimen as Smith, 1858a says “Length 8-9½ lines”, and more than one locality “Hunter River, &c.”
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Myrmecia tarsata Species Valid Original combination