Polyrhachis arcuata

Polyrhachis arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Chariomyrma
Species:	P. arcuata
Binomial name
Polyrhachis arcuata (Le Guillou, 1842) Specimen Label
Subspecies
Polyrhachis arcuata acutinota Forel, 1901
Synonyms
Polyrhachis arcuata continentis Forel, 1905 Polyrhachis latifrons Roger, 1863 Polyrhachis modiglianii Emery, 1888

Identification

Kohout (2008) - There are two members of the subgenus Chariomyrma present in Sulawesi:

• Pronotal humeri toothed; propodeal spines relatively short, mostly straight, distinctly diverging . . . . . Polyrhachis arcuata

• Pronotal humeri narrowly rounded; propodeal spines longer, weakly curved posteriorly, subparallel, with tips curved weakly outwards (in copal) . . . . . Polyrhachis inclusa

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.866666667° to -18.822842°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Krakatau Islands, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi.
Oriental Region: Thailand.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Worker

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• arcuata. Formica arcuata Le Guillou, 1842: 315 (w.q.) BORNEO. Combination in Polyrhachis: Mayr, 1863: 443; in P. (Chariomyrma): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 166. Junior synonym of latreillei: Dalla Torre, 1893: 264; Emery, 1896d: 380. Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of latifrons (and its junior synonym modiglianii): Emery, 1897d: 583; of continentis: Kohout, 1998: 510. Current subspecies: nominal plus acutinota, aruana.
• latifrons. Polyrhachis latifrons Roger, 1863a: 155 (w.) INDONESIA (Bintang I.). Senior synonym of modiglianii: Emery, 1895g: 357. Junior synonym of arcuata: Emery, 1897d: 583.
• modiglianii. Polyrhachis modiglianii Emery, 1888a: 529, pl. 9, fig. 1 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Junior synonym of latifrons: Emery, 1895g: 357.
• continentis. Polyrhachis arcuata var. continentis Forel, 1905b: 179 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 186. Junior synonym of arcuata: Kohout, 1998: 510.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Type Material

Kohout (2008) - Syntype queen, worker. BORNEO (for queen), NORTH AUSTRALIA (for worker) (locality for worker evidently erroneous), ?Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (types presumed lost).

• Formica arcuata Le Guillou, 1841: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s) (apparently lost), Australia, Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle.
• Formica arcuata Le Guillou, 1841: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s) (apparently lost), Borneo, Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle.

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