Polyrhachis lata

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Polyrhachis lata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Chariomyrma
Species: P. lata
Binomial name
Polyrhachis lata
Emery, 1895

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -15.55° to -20.75°.

 
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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Polyrhachis lataWorker. Specimen code casent0905580. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • lata. Polyrhachis guerini subsp. lata Emery, 1895g: 357 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 110. Subspecies of aurea: Emery, 1897d: 584 (in key); Forel, 1915b: 110; of guerini: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 135. Raised to species and senior synonym of aegra: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 515.
  • aegra. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) gab var. aegra Forel, 1915b: 109 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Kohout, 1988a: 50. Junior synonym of lata: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 515.

Type Material

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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., and R. W. Taylor. 1990. Notes on Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith, with a synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 509-522.
  • Robson Simon Ant Collection, 05-Sept-2014
  • Van Ingen L. T., R. Campos, and A. N. Andersen. 2008. Ant community structure along an extended rain forest-savanna gradient in tropical Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24: 445-455.