Polyrhachis barretti
Polyrhachis barretti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Polyrhachis |
Subgenus: | Hedomyrma |
Species: | P. barretti |
Binomial name | |
Polyrhachis barretti Clark, 1928 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -12.7° to -18.43333333°.
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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
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Holotype of Polyrhachis barretti. Worker. . |
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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.
- barretti. Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) barretti Clark, 1928b: 170, fig. 1 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
Type Material
- Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) barretti Clark, 1928: Syntype, worker(s), Daintree River, Queensland, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1928b. Ants from North Queensland. Vic. Nat. (Melb.) 45: 169-171 (page 170, fig. 1 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bluthgen N., and N. E. Stork. 2007. Ant mosaics in a tropical rainforest in Australia and elsewhere: a critical review. Austral Ecology 32: 93-104.
- Clark J. 1928. Ants from north Queensland. Victorian Naturalist 45: 169-171.
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Kohout R. J. 2000. A review of the distribution of the Polyrhachis and Echinopla ants of the Queensland wet tropics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 183-209
- Kohout R.J. 2006. Review of Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel of Australia, Borneo, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52: 87-146.