Species Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) insularis Emery, 1887

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyrhachis inconspicua insularis Emery, C. 1887. Cataloge delle Formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova, Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 5: 427-473 pls 1-2 [226].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG W, Yule Island, New Guinea.
• Polyrhachis inconspicua subnitens Emery, C. 1895. Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 39: 345-358 [357].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG *W, Kamerunga, QLD.

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

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes