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Species: Myrmecia gulosa

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmeciinae Genus: Myrmecia

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Formica gulosa Fabricius, 1775: 395 (w.) AUSTRALIA. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Smith, 1858a PDF: 143 (m.); Mayr, 1876 PDF: 95 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d PDF: 246 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977 PDF: 345 (k.).

Combination in Myrmecia: Fabricius, 1804: 424.

Senior synonym of Myrmecia obscurior: Clark, 1951 PDF: 49.

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Forel, A., 1922:
[[ worker ]]. Longueur: 20 a 21 mm. Differe du type par sa couleur bien plus foncee; la tete, le thorax, l'abdomen (sauf son extremite
7 noire), les pattes et les antennes sont d'un roussatre bien plus fonce que chez le type. En outre, les stries du pronotum, qui est plus etroit que chez le type, sont longitud inales sur les 2 / 3 anterieurs; en arriere, elles divergent obliquement de chaque cote.
J'ai recu cette variete d'Australie sans autres indications de localite.

Smith, F.:
Formica gulosa, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 395 [[worker]]; Spec. Ins. i. 494. 34; Ent. Syst. ii. 363. 55.
Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 501. 50.
Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 215. pl. 8. f. 49.
Myrmecia gulosa, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 424. 2.
Myrmica gulosa, Guer. Voy. Coq. ii. 206.
Hab. Australia.
The male of this species differs from the other sexes, principally in having the antennae nearly as long as the body, the scape very short, the head compressed, the eyes and ocelli very prominent; it is about the same size as the other sexes.

Mayr, G., 1862:
Sidney (Novara), Neuholland (M. C. Vienn. und in meiner Sammlung).