Myrmecia rogeri

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Myrmecia rogeri Emery, 1914 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecia simillima Smith, 1858

Myrmecia tricolor var. rogeri Emery, 1914a: 181 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (E. Dämel). Primary type depository: NHMW (perhaps also MSNG). Type notes: This taxon is based on material of Myrmecia tricolor Mayr, 1862, sensu Mayr, 1876: 96, misidentification.

Viehmeyer, 1924b: 222 (q.); Clark, 1951: 33 (subapterous q.).
Subspecies of Myrmecia tricolor: Viehmeyer, 1924b: 222.
Status as species: Clark, 1951: 32 (redescription).
Junior synonym of Myrmecia simillima: Brown, 1953j: 12; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 16; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

Obsolete combinations

Myrmecia tricolor rogeri

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. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1914a. Formiche d'Australia e di Samoa raccolte dal Prof. Silvestri nel 1913. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:179-186. PDF
Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 12:56-115. 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.
Viehmeyer, H. 1924b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 13:219-229. PDF

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