Polyrhachis macropus
Polyrhachis macropus | |
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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 | |
Synonyms | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
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.