Polyrhachis craddocki

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Polyrhachis craddocki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Polyrhachis
Species group: lamellidens
Species: P. craddocki
Binomial name
Polyrhachis craddocki
Bingham, 1903

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Specimen Labels

Polyrhachis craddocki is so far known only from two localities separated by a distance of over 2600 km, with no material known from areas in between. All specimens from Brunei were collected during two successive visits to the KBFSC, apparently from a single colony trail on a tree trunk and surrounding vegetation just a few hundred metres from the base accommodation units. A thorough search of the surrounding areas to locate another P. craddocki colony was conducted on both occasions, with the help of the entomology staff of the Brunei Museum, but without success. (Kohuot, 2014)

Identification

A member of the lamellidens group of the subgenus Polyrhachis. In spite of the geographical separation, the known specimens of this taxon are very similar and, apart from the generally larger size of specimens from Brunei (HL 1.81 – 2.00 versus HL 1.72 – 1.84 in syntypes from Myanmar), they are closely comparable in all other aspects.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.533333333° to 4.533333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia.
Oriental Region: Myanmar (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.

  • craddocki. Polyrhachis craddocki Bingham, 1903: 403, fig. 138 (w.) MYANMAR. See also: Hung, 1970: 31.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Kohout (2014) - Dimensions (syntypes cited first): TL c. 6.89 – 7.31, 7.36 – 8.16; HL 1.72 – 1.84, 1.81 – 2.00; HW 1.56 – 1.65, 1.65 – 1.78; CI 90 – 91, 88 – 92; SL 1.87 – 2.12, 2.12 – 2.31; SI 120 – 128, 126 – 131; PW 0.97 – 1.12, 1.18 – 1.34; PeH 1.76 – 2.09, 2.09 – 2.25; PeI 102 – 113, 109 – 115; MTL 2.28 – 2.53, 2.59 – 2.90 (3+15 measured).

Type Material

Kohout (2014) - Syntype workers. Type locality: MYANMAR (= Burma), Trans-Salween Shan States (Craddock), The Natural History Museum, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève, Queensland Museum (examined).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Kohout R. J. 2014. A review of the subgenus Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) with keys and description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology 6: 1-31.
  • Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
  • Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014