Polyrhachis barretti

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Polyrhachis barretti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Hedomyrma
Species: P. barretti
Binomial name
Polyrhachis barretti
Clark, 1928

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.7° to -18.43333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

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Holotype of Polyrhachis barrettiWorker. .
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Worker. . Owned by Australian National Insect Collection.

Nomenclature

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

  • barretti. Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) barretti Clark, 1928b: 170, fig. 1 (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

  • Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) barretti Clark, 1928: Syntype, worker(s), Daintree River, Queensland, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

Description

References

  • Clark, J. 1928b. Ants from North Queensland. Vic. Nat. (Melb.) 45: 169-171 (page 170, fig. 1 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bluthgen N., and N. E. Stork. 2007. Ant mosaics in a tropical rainforest in Australia and elsewhere: a critical review. Austral Ecology 32: 93-104.
  • Clark J. 1928. Ants from north Queensland. Victorian Naturalist 45: 169-171.
  • Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
  • Kohout R. J. 2000. A review of the distribution of the Polyrhachis and Echinopla ants of the Queensland wet tropics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 183-209
  • Kohout R.J. 2006. Review of Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel of Australia, Borneo, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52: 87-146.