 The first collection of "Nothomyrmecia" was made in December 1931 by amateur entomologist, Amy Crocker, whose colleagues had collected a range of insect samples for her during a field excursion, including specimens of two worker ants, reportedly near the Russell Range, inland from Israelite Bay in Western Australia.Crocker then passed the ants to Australian entomologist John S. Clark.Recognised shortly afterwards as a new species, these specimens became the syntypes.