Polyrhachis bamaga

Polyrhachis bamaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Hirtomyrma
Species:	P. bamaga
Binomial name
Polyrhachis bamaga Kohout, 1990 Specimen labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Polyrhachis (Hirtomyrma) species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -10.88333333° to -10.88333333°.

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.

Biology

Kohout (2010) - In spite of revisiting the type locality of P. bamaga specifically to collect more specimens (see Maschwitz et al., 2003), the types remain the only specimens of this species known. They were originally collected along the edge of a lowland riverine rainforest, foraging over low vegetation in association with Polyrhachis paxilla(see Kohout, 1990: 501).

Castes

Holotype of Polyrhachis bamaga. Worker. .	Owned by Australian National Insect Collection.

Nomenclature

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

• bamaga. Polyrhachis bamaga Kohout, 1990: 500, fig. 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Bamaga, Cape York Penninsula, Queensland, Australia, 10°53′0″S 142°23′0″E, Queensland Museum.
• Paratype, 10 workers, Bamaga, Cape York Penninsula, Queensland, Australia, 10°53′0″S 142°23′0″E.

References

• Kohout, R. J. 1990. A review of the Polyrhachis viehmeyeri species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 28:499-508. (page 500, fig. 4 worker described)
• Kohout, R.J. 2010. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrmhopla Forel and Hirtomyrma subgen. nov. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. 55:167-204.