Entomologist Robert W. Taylor expressed doubt about the type locality of the ant, but said that the specimens were probably collected from the western end of the Great Australian Bight, south from Balladonia.
Entomologist Robert W. Taylor, who rediscovered "Nothomyrmecia", expressed doubt about the original type locality of the ant. Taylor states that the specimens were probably collected from the western end of the Great Australian Bight, south from Balladonia.