Myrmecina difficulta Shattuck, 2009a: 8, figs. 6, 12-16, 47 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Mt Bellenden-Ker summit, 1700 m., 7.vii.1971, moss forest (R.W. Taylor & J.E. Feehan). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 8 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.