Species Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) fuscipes Mayr, 1862

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyrhachis fuscipes Mayr, G.L. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: Abhand. 649-776 pl. 19 [679 pl. 19].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW *W, TAS.
• Polyrhachis semipolita hestia Forel, A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungberichte Beyer Academie der Wissenshaften. Naturhistorischen Klasse 41: Abhand. 249-303 [295].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZSM W, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Taylor, R.W. 1989. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian ants of the genus Polyrahchis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 28: 23-27 [23]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes