List of Myrmecia species

M. gulosa was designated as the type species of Myrmecia in 1840.[1]

Myrmecia is a genus of small to large venomous ants commonly known as bulldog ants or jack jumper ants. The genus was first established by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1804 and is placed in the subfamily Myrmeciinae of the family Formicidae. There are currently 94 described species in this genus, 93 of which are valid and identifiable.[2][3] Almost all species are endemic to Australia and can be found nowhere else, with an exception of a single species found in New Caledonia.

  1. ^ Swainson, W.; Shuckard, W.E. (1840). On the history and natural arrangement of insects. Vol. 104. London, UK: Longman, Brown, Green & Longman's. p. 173. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.32786. OCLC 4329243.
  2. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmecia". AntCat. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ^ Taylor, R.W. (21 January 2015). "Ants with Attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3911 (4): 493–520. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3911.4.2. hdl:1885/66773. PMID 25661627.