Genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857
- Polyrhachis Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore by A. R. Wallace. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2: 42-130 [2 Nov. 1857] [58 pls 1-2] [the subgenera of Polyrhachis are discussed in 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])].
Type species:
Formica bihamata Drury, 1773 by original designation.Secondary source:
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]). - Hagiomyrma Wheeler, W.M. 1911. Three Formicid names which have been overlooked. Science (Washington, D.C.) ns 33: 858-860 [860] [described with subgeneric rank in Polyrhachis F. Smith, 1857].
Type species:
Formica ammon Fabricus, 1775 by original designation.Secondary source:
Donisthorpe, H. 1943. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 10: 617-688, 721-737. - Chariomyrma 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 pls 1-3] [described with subgeneric rank in Polyrhachis F. Smith, 1857].
Type species:
Polyrhachis guerini Roger, 1863 by original designation. - 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 pls 1-3] [described with subgeneric rank in Polyrhachis F. Smith, 1857].
Type species:
Polyrhachis ornata Mayr, 1876 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
FORMICIDAE: Polyrhachis lombokensis Emery, 1898 — 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
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South Palaearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental Regions; widespread in Australian Region except New Zealand.
IBRA
Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
General References
Kohout, R.J. 2009. A new species and nomenclatural changes in the subgenus Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Australian Entomologist 36(1): 37-48
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2023 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 09-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-May-2022 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Feb-2022 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | VESPOIDEA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2020 | Formicinae Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | Camponotini Forel, 1878 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | FORMICIDAE | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | Formicinae Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | Formicinae Latreille, 1809 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | VESPOIDEA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | FORMICIDAE | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | FORMICIDAE | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 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 |