Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. Author Smith, F. text 1858 British Museum London http://antbase.org/ants/publications/8127/8127.pdf book 8127 C86CFDBF-61D9-48EE-9C2E-325FC0462B10 14. Myrmecia Tasmaniensis . B.M. Worker. Length 6 lines.-Black: the mandibles, antennae, legs, and second node of the petiole, ferruginous. The head longitudinally rugose, not striated; the prothorax rugose, the rugosity running in a transverse curved direction; the meso- and metathorax transversely rugose; the first node of the peduncle subglobose and coarsely rugose, the second node smooth and shining, with a few scattered punctures; the abdomen smooth and shining, the apical margins of the first and second segments and the whole of the other segments ferruginous. Hab . Tasmania.