Subgenus Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) Forel, 1915

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• Hedomyrma Forel, A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(no.16): 1-119, pls 1-3 [Date published 4 Dec. 1915] [107].

  Type species:

   Polyrhachis ornata Mayr, 1876 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Forel, A 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51: 229–253 [251]; Wheeler, W.M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo Expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (45): 631-710 [702]; Emery, C. 1925. Hymenoptera fam. Formicidae, subfam. Formicinae. pp. 1–302 in Wytsman, P. (ed.) Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 183 pp. [189].
• Morleyidris Hung, A.C.F. 1967. A revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis at the subgeneric level (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93: 395-422 [20 Dec. 1967]) [402] (Hedomyrma as senior synonym of Morleyidris).
• Dolichorhachis Dorow, W.H.O. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185: 1-113 [26] (Hedomyrma as senior synonym of Dolichorhachis).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

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