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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Formicidae
›
Myrmeciinae
›
Myrmeciini
›
Myrmecia
›
Myrmecia desertorum
Myrmecia
desertorum
Wheeler, 1915
valid
Myrmecia vindex var. desertorum
Wheeler, 1915h
: 805 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia). Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 4 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Australia: South Australia, Todmorden, 1914, (Everard & Musgrave Ranges Expd.) (
S.A. White
). Primary type depository:
MCZC
.
Clark, 1925b
: 144 (q.m.)
Subspecies of
Myrmecia vindex
:
Clark, 1925b
: 143.
Status as species:
Clark, 1928c
: 39;
Clark, 1930c
: 22;
Wheeler, 1933i
: 40;
Clark, 1951
: 59 (redescription);
Brown, 1953j
: 25;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 8;
Taylor, 1987a
: 42;
Ogata, 1991a
: 358;
Ogata & Taylor, 1991
: 1637 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 271;
Heterick, 2009
: 121.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecia lutea
:
Brown, 1953j
: 25;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 8;
Taylor, 1987a
: 42;
Ogata & Taylor, 1991
: 1628;
Bolton, 1995b
: 271.
Senior synonym of
Myrmecia princeps
:
Brown, 1953j
: 25;
Taylor & Brown, 1985
: 8;
Taylor, 1987a
: 42;
Ogata & Taylor, 1991
: 1628;
Bolton, 1995b
: 271.
Junior synonyms
Myrmecia lutea
Crawley, 1922
Myrmecia princeps
Clark, 1951
Obsolete combinations
Myrmecia vindex desertorum
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.
1925b.
The ants of Victoria. Part II.
Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 42:135-144.
PDF
Clark, J.
1928c.
Excursion through Western District of Victoria. Entomological Reports. Formicidae.
Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 45(Suppl.):39-44.
Clark, J.
1930c.
New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)43:2-25.
PDF
Clark, J.
1951.
The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp.
PDF
Heterick, B. E.
2009.
A guide to the ants of south-western Australia.
Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206.
PDF
Ogata, K.
1991a.
Ants of the genus
Myrmecia
Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae).
Systematic Entomology 16:353-381.
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, W. M.
1915h.
Hymenoptera. [In "Scientific notes on an expedition into the north-western regions of South Australia".].
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 39:805-823.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1933i.
Colony founding among ants, with an account of some primitive Australian species.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, viii + 179 pp.
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