Species Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) ornata Mayr, 1876

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polyrhachis ornata Mayr, G.L. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 5: 56-115 [73].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW *W, Rockhampton, QLD.
• Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) chrysothorax Viehmeyer, H. 1925. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 139-149 [148].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB *W,Q, Trial Bay, NSW.
• Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) humerosa Emery, C. 1921. Le genre Polyrhachis. Classification; espèces nouvelles ou critiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54: 17-25 [18].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GMNH (probable) W, Adelaide, SA.

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 [435]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest arboreal.

History of changes