Species Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) creusa Emery, 1897

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyrhachis creusa Emery, C. 1897. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. - Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 38: 546-594 pl. 1 [22 Nov. 1897] [577].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG W, Ighibireii, New Guinea.
• Polyrhachis hecuba Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [527].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W,Q,M, Mackay, QLD; ANIC W, Mackay, QLD.
• Polyrjhachis creusa chlorizans Forel, A. 1901. Formiciden aus dem Bismarck-Archipel, auf Grundlage des von Prof. Dr. F. Dahl gesammelten Materials bearbeitet. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2: 1-37 [3 Apr. 1901] [30].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GMNH W, Ralum, Bismarck Archipelago, PNG.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kohout, J., & Taylor, R.W. 1990. Notes on Australian ants of the genus Polyrahchis Fr. Smith, with a synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 509-522 [514]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes