Polyrhachis argentosa

Nests in plant cavities, typically in small hollow branches.

Identification
Kohout (1988) - P. argentosa is consistently smaller and more slender than Polyrhachis daemeli, with the pronotal sculpturation less coarse, and the mesonotal/propodeal dorsum convex in profile, whereas it is almost straight in ''P. daemeli. P. argentosa lacks pubescence on the gastral dorsum and has virtually no pilosity on the dorsal surfaces of the body, which are abundantly pilose in P. daemeli''.

Distribution
Distribution is restricted to central and northern Queensland, where P. argentosa has been taken from Proserpine, south to Rundle Range, northwest of Gladstone (Kohout 1988).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  argentosa. Polyrhachis daemeli r. argentosa Forel, 1902h: 515 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Hedomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 189. Raised to species: Kohout, 1988c: 431.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Forel A. 1902. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548.
 * 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
 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.