Polyrhachis vermiculosa

Polyrhachis vermiculosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Chariomyrma
Species:	P. vermiculosa
Binomial name
Polyrhachis vermiculosa Mayr, 1876 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -10.1836° to -34.216°.

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

Check data from AntWeb

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.

• vermiculosa. Polyrhachis guerini var. vermiculosa Mayr, 1876: 74 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 186. Subspecies of aurea: Emery, 1897d: 584 (in key); of guerini: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 135. Raised to species: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 520.

Type Material

• Polyrhachis guerini vermiculosa Mayr, 1876: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Rockhampton and Peak Downs, Queensland and Sidney (=Sydney), New South Wales, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.

References

• 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, Variety/subspecies of aurea (in key))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 186, Combination in P. (Chariomyrma))
• Hoffmann, B., Eldridge, J., Marston, C. 2023. The first eradication of an exotic ant species from the entirety of Australia: Pheidole fervens. Management of Biological Invasions, 14(4), 619–624 (doi:10.3391/mbi.2023.14.4.03).
• 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 520, Raised to species)
• Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 74, worker, queen, male described)
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 135, Variety/subspecies of guerini)