Polyrhachis smithersi

Polyrhachis smithersi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Campomyrma
Species complex:	hexacantha
Species:	P. smithersi
Binomial name
Polyrhachis smithersi Kohout, 2012

Polyrhachis smithersi is so far known only from the type locality, with all specimens collected foraging at night on Eucalyptus tree trunks in open forest.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -35.51666667° to -35.51666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• smithersi. Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) smithersi Kohout, 2012: 323, figs. 1-2, 4-5 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Smokers Gap, Corin Dam Road, ACT, 1240m, Australia, 35°31′0″S 148°54′0″E, 18-19.ii.2001, R.J. Kohout, R.J. Kohout acc. 01.3, Australian National Insect Collection; dry open forest, at night.
• Paratype, 9 workers, 1 queen, Smokers Gap, Corin Dam Road, ACT, 1240m, Australia, 35°31′0″S 148°54′0″E, 18-19.ii.2001, R.J. Kohout, R.J. Kohout acc. 01.3; dry open forest, at night.
• Paratype, 7 workers, Smokers Gap, Corin Dam Road, ACT, 1240m, Australia, 35°31′0″S 148°54′0″E, 28-29.x.1973, R.J. Kohout, R.J. Kohout acc. 73.138; dry open forest, at night.
• Paratype, 7 workers, Smokers Gap, Corin Dam Road, ACT, 1240m, Australia, 35°31′0″S 148°54′0″E, 20.i.1982, R.J. Kohout, R.J. Kohout acc. 82.40; dry open forest, at night.

Type distribution: Holotype, 5 paratype workers and paratype queen in Australian National Insect Collection; 8 paratype workers in Queensland Museum; 2 paratype workers each in Australian Museum, The Natural History Museum, California Academy of Sciences, Museum of Comparative Zoology and Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

References

• Kohout, R. 2012. A new species of the subgenus Campomyrma Wheeler of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith from the Australian Capital Territory (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Australian Entomologist 39, 321-329.