Hedomyrma

Hedomyrma
Polyrhachis argentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Hedomyrma Forel, 1915
Type species
Polyrhachis ornata
Diversity
33 species Specimen labels

This is currently a subgenus of Polyrhachis. Please see Polyrhachis for further information.

Species

Sulawesi

• Polyrhachis circumdata
• Polyrhachis fervens

Nomenclature

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

• HEDOMYRMA [subgenus of Polyrhachis]
  • Hedomyrma Forel, 1915b: 107 [as subgenus of Polyrhachis]. Type-species: Polyrhachis ornata, by original designation.
  • Hedomyrma senior synonym of Morleyidris: Hung, 1967b: 402.
  • Hedomyrma senior synonym of Dolichorhachis: Dorow, 1995: 26.
• DOLICHORHACHIS [junior synonym of Hedomyrma]
  • Dolichorhachis Mann, 1919: 386 [as subgenus of Polyrhachis]. Type-species: Polyrhachis (Dolichorhachis) malaensis, by monotypy.
  • Dolichorhachis junior synonym of Hedomyrma: Dorow, 1995: 26.
• MORLEYIDRIS [junior synonym of Hedomyrma]
  • Morleyidris Donisthorpe, 1944c: 64 [as subgenus of Polyrhachis]. Type-species: Polyrhachis (Morleyidris) trina, by original designation.
  • Morleyidris junior synonym of Hedomyrma: Hung, 1967b: 402.

References

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 124, Hedomyrma as subgenus of Polyrhachis)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 189, Hedomyrma as subgenus of Polyrhachis)
• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 107, Hedomyrma as subgenus of Polyrhachis)
• Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 251, Hedomyrma as subgenus of Polyrhachis)
• Klimeš, P., Drescher, J., Buchori, D., Hidayat, P., Nazarreta, R., Potocký, P., Rimandai, M., Scheu, S., Matos-Maraví, P. 2022. Uncovering cryptic diversity in the enigmatic ant genus Overbeckia and insights into the phylogeny of Camponotini (Hymenoptera:Formicidae:Formicinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 36(6), 557-579 (doi:10.1071/is21067).
• Kohout, R.J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52:255-317.
• 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. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 702, Hedomyrma as subgenus of Polyrhachis)