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Polyrhachis senilis
| Polyrhachis senilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Polyrhachis |
| Subgenus: | Chariomyrma |
| Species: | P. senilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyrhachis senilis Forel, 1902
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 22.5045° to -29.71666667°.
| 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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Holotype of Polyrhachis crawleyella. Worker. Specimen code casent0903348. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- senilis. Polyrhachis gab var. senilis Forel, 1902h: 520 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 108. Raised to species and senior synonym of crawleyella, tripellis: Kohout, 1988a: 50.
- comata. Polyrhachis comata Crawley, 1915b: 237 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [Junior primary homonym of comata Emery, above.] Replacement name: crawleyella Santschi, 1916d: 243.
- crawleyella. Polyrhachis crawleyella Santschi, 1916d: 243. Replacement name for comata Crawley, 1915b: 237. [Junior primary homonym of comata Emery, 1911b: 538.] Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 186 (misspelled as crawleyana). Junior synonym of gab: Bolton, 1974b: 173; of senilis: Kohout, 1988a: 50.
Type Material
- Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) gab tripellis Forel, 1915: Syntype, 1 worker, Kimberley distr., Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) gab tripellis Forel, 1915: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Kimberley distr., Derby and Noonkanbah, Western Australia, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Polyrhachis comata Crawley, 1915: Syntype, worker(s), Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
- Polyrhachis gab senilis Forel, 1902: Syntype, 1 worker, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 520, worker described)
- 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 108, Combination in P. (Chariomyrma))
- 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. 1988a. New nomenclature of the Australian ants of the Polyrhachis gab Forel species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Aust. Entomol. Mag. 15: 49-52 (page 50, Raised to species, and senior synonym of crawleyella and tripellis: )
- Robson, S. 2020. Spiny Ants (Polyrhachis). Encyclopedia of Social Insects, pp. 1–6. (doi:10.1007@978-3-319-90306-4_115-1).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Andersen A. N., J. C. Z. Woinarski, and B. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's moonsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
- Andersen A. N., and B. D. Hoffmann. 2010. Conservation value of low fire frequency in tropical savannas: ants in monsoonal northern Australia. Austral Ecology 36(5): 597-503.
- Andersen, Alan N., John C.Z. Woinarski and Ben D. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
- Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
- Heterick B. E., B. Durrant, and N. R. Gunawardene. 2010. The ant fauna of the Pilbara Bioregion, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 78: 157-167.
- Kohout R. J. 1988. New nomenclature of the Australian ants of the Polyrhachis gab Forel species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Aust. Entomol. Mag. 15: 49-52.
- 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