• Clark, 1943: 127 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d: 254 (l.)
• Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 126.
• Combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 14.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 22; Emery, 1911e: 21; Forel, 1915b: 5; Clark, 1943: 126 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 181 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 14; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1640 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 273; Heterick, 2009: 122.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia goudiei: Brown, 1953j: 15; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia marmorata: Brown, 1953j: 15; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia rufonigra: Clark, 1943: 126; Clark, 1951: 181; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia shepherdi: Brown, 1953j: 15; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia wilsoni: Brown, 1953j: 15; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecia goudiei (Clark, 1943)
  Obsolete combination(s): Promyrmecia goudiei
• Myrmecia marmorata (Clark, 1951)
  Obsolete combination(s): Promyrmecia marmorata
• Myrmecia rufonigra Crawley, 1921
• Myrmecia shepherdi (Clark, 1943)
  Obsolete combination(s): Promyrmecia shepherdi
• Myrmecia wilsoni (Clark, 1943)
  Obsolete combination(s): Promyrmecia wilsoni

Citations

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