Polyrhachis schoopae

Polyrhachis schoopae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Chariomyrma
Species:	P. schoopae
Binomial name
Polyrhachis schoopae Forel, 1902 Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Polyrhachis Subgenera

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.06666667° to -21.15°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• schoopae. Polyrhachis appendiculata r. schoopae Forel, 1902h: 520 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 519. Raised to species: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 519.

Type Material

• Polyrhachis appendiculata schoopae Forel, 1902: Syntype, 1 worker, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.

References

• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 520, worker described)
• 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 519, Combination in P. (Chariomyrma), and raised to species)

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.