Polyrhachis eremita

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Polyrhachis eremita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Hirtomyrma
Species: P. eremita
Binomial name
Polyrhachis eremita
Kohout, 1990

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Specimen Labels

Kohout (2010) - A thorough search conducted at the type locality and in brigalow forest north of Marlborough (see Maschwitz et al., 2003), produced no nests of the large Rhytidoponera species with which P. eremita was thought to be associated. I also visited the area in 2006 and found no Rhytidoponera nests, as well as a general decline in the number of other ant species previously found there in 1981. This could be due to considerable degradation of the habitat, including substantial deforestation.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.75° to -22.75°.

 
North
Temperate
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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

Nomenclature

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

  • eremita. Polyrhachis eremita Kohout, 1990: 502 (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

  • Holotype, worker, approximately 4-10km N Marlborough, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Museum.
  • Paratype, 8 workers, approximately 4-10km N Marlborough, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Museum.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Kohout R. J. 2010. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrmhopla Forel and Hirtomyrma subgen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 55:167-204.