Species Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) bellicosa Smith, 1859
- Polyrhachis bellicosus Smith, F. 1859. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr A.R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 3: 132-178 [Date published 1 Feb. 1859] [142].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH *W, Aru, Indonesia.Secondary source:
Wheeler, W.M. 1911. Three Formicid names which have been overlooked. Science (Washington, D.C.) ns 33: 858-860. - Polyrhachis bellicosa var. crudelis Emery, C.E. 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 4(24): 209-258 [238].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MSNG workers, Morty Id. [= Morotai Id., Indonesia]. - Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) bellicosa Smith, 1859.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hung, A.C.F. 1970. A revision of ants of the subgenus Polyrhachis Fr Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Oriental Insects 4(1): 1-36 [5]
- Kohout, R.J. 1988. A new species of Polyrhachis from Papua New Guinea with a review of the New Guinean and Australian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25(2): 417-427 [418] (description of queen, as Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) bellicosa)
- Kohout, R.J. 2014. A review of the subgenus Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) with keys and description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology 6: 1–31 [6] (worker and queen redescribed)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread in SE Asia.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, noctidiurnal, omnivore, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest arboreal.
General References
Kohout, R. 2012. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrma Billberg, Myrmothrynax Forel and Polyrhachis Fr. Smith, with synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56(1): 25-59 [55] (new records)
History of changes
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| 01-Jun-2021 | Camponotini Forel, 1878 | 01-Nov-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | FORMICIDAE | 10-Mar-2015 | 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 |