Species Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) ammon (Fabricius, 1775)
- Formica ammon Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [394].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH W, Australia (as New Holland). - Polyrhachis ammon angustata Forel, A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10: 405-548 [525].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH W, Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kohout, R. 1988. Nomenclatural changes and new Australian records in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 429-438 [430]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Distribution References
- Mezger, D. & Moreau, C.S. 2016. Out of South-East Asia: phylogeny and biogeography of the spiny ant genus Polyrhachis Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 41: 369–378 (See Supplementary Material Table S3, RA0765 for details)
Ecological Descriptors
Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in soil.
History of changes
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20-May-2023 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 15-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
23-Mar-2015 | 21-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
23-Mar-2015 | 21-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Aug-2012 | 18-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
25-May-2010 | MODIFIED |