Species Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) hexacantha (Erichson, 1842)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Formica hexacantha Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [260].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB *W, TAS.
• Polyrhachis froggatti Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [89].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W, Bombala, NSW; ANIC W, Bombala, NSW.

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 [24]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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