Polyrhachis macropus

Polyrhachis macropus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Campomyrma
Species:	P. macropus
Binomial name
	Polyrhachis macropus; Wheeler, W.M., 1916 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
	Polyrhachis longipes Wheeler, W.M., 1915;

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Polyrhachis of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -21.8° to -34.8568°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

longipes. Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) longipes Wheeler, W.M. 1915g: 821, pl. 65, figs. 1, 2; pl. 66, fig. 10 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [Junior primary homonym of longipes Smith, above.] Replacement name: macropa Wheeler, W.M. 1916e: 40.
macropus. Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) macropus Wheeler, W.M. 1916e: 40. Replacement name for Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) longipes Wheeler, W.M. 1915g: 821. [Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis longipes Smith, F. 1859a: 140.] [P. macropus also given as replacement name by Wheeler, W.M. 1916i: 37.] Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 138; Dorow, 1995: 15; Heterick, 2009: 108.

Type Material

Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) longipes: Syntype, 8 workers, Everard Range, South Australia, Australia, Capt. S.A. White, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Description

References

Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
Robson, S. 2020. Spiny Ants (Polyrhachis). Encyclopedia of Social Insects, pp. 1–6. (doi:10.1007@978-3-319-90306-4_115-1).
Wheeler, W. M. 1915h. Hymenoptera. [In "Scientific notes on an expedition into the north-western regions of South Australia".]. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 39: 805-823 (page 821, [Junior primary homonym of longipes Smith, F. 1859a: 140.] [P. macropus also given as replacement name by Wheeler, W.M. 1916i: 37.])
Wheeler, W. M. 1916g. Some new formicid names. Psyche (Camb.) 23: 40-41 (page 40, Replacement name for longipes)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

CSIRO Collection
Gunawardene N.R. and J.D. Majer. 2004. Ants of the southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: an investigation into patterns of association. Records of the Western Australian Museum 22: 219-239.
Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
Heterick B. E., B. Durrant, and N. R. Gunawardene. 2010. The ant fauna of the Pilbara Bioregion, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 78: 157-167.
Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014
Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.
Wheeler W. M. 1915. Hymenoptera. [In Scientific notes on an expedition into the north-western regions of South Australia.]. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 39:805-823.