Polyrhachis maculata

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

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.26666667° to -33.783°.

   
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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Elevation Range

Occurrence at collecting sites during elevational surveys of rainforest in the Eungella region, Queensland, Australia (Burwell et al., 2020).
Species Elevation (m asl)
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Polyrhachis maculata 20-30
Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded.
Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species.

Biology

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

  • maculata. Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) polymnia var. maculata Forel, 1915b: 115 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Taylor, 1989a: 25.

Type Material

  • Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) polymnia maculata Forel, 1915: Syntype, worker(s), Malanda, Ravenshoe (as Cedar Creek) and Atherton, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Taylor R. W. 1989. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 28: 23-27.
  • Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.