Published December 31, 1930 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr 1862

Creators

Description

11. Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr.

Reedy Hole; Bagot Creek and Alice Springs, one specimen from each; Avers Rock and Illamurta, several specimens from each.

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]).

Notes

Published as part of Clark, J., 1930, New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species., pp. 2-25 in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 43 on pages 2-25

Files

Files (937 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:7ad79d33653b238a0f2b317d31a812b0
937 Bytes Download

System files (3.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:cfe8f18dcb642e12b564f54897401b92
3.5 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Myrmecia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Mayr
Species
nigriceps
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr, 1862 sec. Clark, 1930