Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr 1862
- Dataset
- New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species.
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Formicidae
- genus
- Myrmecia
- species
- Myrmecia nigriceps
discussion
This has been so determined by various entomologists until it was recognised by Wheeler, who described the worker as Myrmecia vindex Smith var. desertorum {Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Ausi., xxxix, p. 805, 1915). On examining large series, including the sexes, from various parts of Central and Western Australia, I raised it to the rank of species, Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler (Clark, Vie. Naturalist, xlii, p. 143, 1925, [worker, queen, male]).
materials_examined
Reedy Hole; Bagot Creek and Alice Springs, one specimen from each; Avers Rock and Illamurta, several specimens from each.
Name
- Homonyms
- Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr 1862