Polyrhachis consimilis

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Polyrhachis consimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Hedomyrma
Species: P. consimilis
Binomial name
Polyrhachis consimilis
Smith, F., 1858

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Identification

Distribution

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

Nomenclature

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

  • consimilis. Polyrhachis consimilis Smith, F. 1858b: 73, pl. 4, figs. 30, 31 (w.) AUSTRALIA (not Sierra Leone; see Bolton, 1973b: 352; Kohout, 1988c: 432). Combination in P. (Myrma): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 994; in P. (Hagiomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 185; in P. (Hedomyrma): Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 512.

Type Material

  • Polyrhachis consimillis Smith, 1858: Syntype, worker(s), Sierra Leone (apparently an error for an Australian locality), Australia.

Kohout (1988) - The type locality of this species, as given in the original description, is highly questionable. Bolton (1973) suggests that Smith was in error when he listed Sierra Leone as the provenence of the type specimen, and this opinion is now supported by the discovery of a single specimen in the Kimberley region of North Western Australia (near Kalamburu Mission, August 1967, collected by W. Leutert). I have directly compared this individual with the unique holotype of P. consimilis and am satisfied that they are conspecific.

Description

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