Polyrhachis eudora

Polyrhachis eudora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Myrmothrinax
Species:	P. eudora
Binomial name
Polyrhachis eudora Smith, F., 1860 Specimen Labels

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.616667° to -0.616667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

• eudora. Polyrhachis eudora Smith, F. 1860b: 99, pl. 1, fig. 19 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Combination in P. (Myrmothrinax): Emery, 1925b: 183. Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Polyrhachis: Kohout, 1998: 528.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

TYPE-MATERIAL NOT FOUND. A queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History and a worker in The Natural History Museum were formerly regarded as syntypes of this species. Both are labelled “Bac.” (= Batjan I.), the locality given by Smith, and the queen has a Donisthorpe type-label. However, it is apparent from Smith’s description and figure that true eudora belongs in subgenus Myrmothrinax, whereas both these specimens are of subgenus Myrma. They are not type-material of eudora.

References

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 183, Combination in P. (Myrmothrinax))
• Kohout, R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 42: 505-531 (page 528, Species inquirenda)
• Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 93-143 (page 99, pl. 1, fig. 19 worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
• Kohout R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 505-531
• Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94.
• Smith, Fr. "Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5 (1860): 93-143.
• Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.