Taxonomic history
Clark, 1943 PDF: 138 (q.m.).Combination in Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia): Emery, 1911e PDF: 21.Combination in Myrmecia (Promyrmecia): Wheeler, 1933i: 64.Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943 PDF: 137.Combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j PDF: 4.Senior synonym of Myrmecia mandibularis aureorufa: Clark, 1943 PDF: 137.Senior synonym of Myrmecia mandibularis postpetiolaris: Clark, 1943 PDF: 137.Senior synonym of Myrmecia laevinodis: Brown, 1953j PDF: 4.Senior synonym of Myrmecia fulvipes coelatinoda: Brown, 1953j PDF: 4.See also: Crawley, 1926 PDF: 385; Clark, 1951 PDF: 151; Ogata, 1991a PDF: 359.Worker. Length 5 lines.-Black and shining: head quadrate and longitudinally striated; mandibles straight, with a slight bend at their base, of nearly equal width throughout, convex above, flattened beneath, obliquely truncate, forming a bent tooth at the apex; the inner edge with three or four teeth. Thorax: the pro-, meso- and metathorax above, much more strongly striated longitudinally than the head; the metathorax transversely striated behind; the apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen: the first node of the petiole, viewed sideways, is quadrate; above, it is convex, widest behind, and coarsely rugose; the second node subglobose, and longitudinally and finely striated, the abdomen densely clothed with ferruginous pubescence.
Hab. Adelaide.
Myrmecia mandibularis is an Australian species of Myrmecia. Average sizes for the Myrmecia mandibularis is around 15-30 millimetres. They have a similar appearance to the Myrmecia pilosula, except their mandibles are completely black while most of their abdomen is in an orange colour.[1][2]
Described in 1858, the species is mainly found in the southern regions of Australia, and most frequently seen around Perth.[3]
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Myrmecia mandibularis is an Australian species of Myrmecia. Average sizes for the Myrmecia mandibularis is around 15-30 millimetres. They have a similar appearance to the Myrmecia pilosula, except their mandibles are completely black while most of their abdomen is in an orange colour.
Described in 1858, the species is mainly found in the southern regions of Australia, and most frequently seen around Perth.