Polyrhachis cedarensis

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Polyrhachis cedarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Campomyrma
Species: P. cedarensis
Binomial name
Polyrhachis cedarensis
Forel, 1915

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -21.06666667° to -21.06666667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Nomenclature

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

  • cedarensis. Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) leae r. cedarensis Forel, 1915b: 114 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 511. See also: Taylor, 1989a: 27.

Type Material

  • Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) leae cedarensis Forel, 1915: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Ravenshoe (as Cedar Creek), Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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