Polyrhachis lata

Polyrhachis lata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Chariomyrma
Species:	P. lata
Binomial name
Polyrhachis lata Emery, 1895 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Polyrhachis gab aegra Forel, 1915

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -15.55° to -20.75°.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Polyrhachis lata. Worker. Specimen code casent0905580. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

• lata. Polyrhachis guerini subsp. lata Emery, 1895g: 357 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 110. Subspecies of aurea: Emery, 1897d: 584 (in key); Forel, 1915b: 110; of guerini: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 135. Raised to species and senior synonym of aegra: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 515.
• aegra. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) gab var. aegra Forel, 1915b: 109 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Kohout, 1988a: 50. Junior synonym of lata: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 515.

Type Material

• Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) gab aegra Forel, 1915: Syntype, worker(s), Atherton, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) gab aegra Forel, 1915: Syntype, 6 workers, Atherton, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Polyrhachis guerini lata Emery, 1895: Syntype, worker(s), Somerset, Queensland, Australia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa or Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

References

• Blanchard, B.D., Nakamura, A., Cao, M., Chen, S.T., Moreau, C.S. 2020. Spine and dine: A key defensive trait promotes ecological success in spiny ants. Ecology and Evolution 10, 5852–5863 (doi:10.1002/ECE3.6322).
• Emery, C. 1895h. Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 345-358 (page 357, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1897e. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. [concl.]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 38[=(2(18): 577-594 (page 584, Subspecies/race of aurea (in key))
• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 110, Combination in P. (Chariomyrma))
• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 110, Subspecies/race of aurea)
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Kohout, R. J.; Taylor, R. W. 1990. Notes on Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith, with a synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 28: 509-522 (page 515, Raised to species, and senior synonym of aegra)
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 135, Subspecies/race of guerini)

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
• Kohout R. J., and R. W. Taylor. 1990. Notes on Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith, with a synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 509-522.
• Robson Simon Ant Collection, 05-Sept-2014
• Van Ingen L. T., R. Campos, and A. N. Andersen. 2008. Ant community structure along an extended rain forest-savanna gradient in tropical Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24: 445-455.