Myrmecia simillima

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 144

publication ID	8127
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297024
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B6C1C6EE-C6BE-E64A-ECC6-987EB3E3B320
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Myrmecia simillima
status

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3. Myrmecia simillima View in CoL HNS . B.M.

Worker. Length 7 lines.-This species is very like M. forficata HNS , of which possibly it may be a variety; but it is more coarsely sculptured; the striation is longitudinally divergent on the prothorax, and irregularly roughened transversely on the meso- and metathorax; in M. forficata HNS the prothorax has a regular transverse curved striation, that on the mesothorax and scutellum being regularly striated longitudinally; this difference in striation appears to characterize a distinct species.

Hab. Australia.