Polyrhachis limbata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  limbata. Polyrhachis limbata Emery, 1897d: 585, pl. 1, fig. 24 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 188. Senior synonym of verticalis: Kohout, 1998: 512.
 * abrupta. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) abrupta Karavaiev, 1927e: 19, fig. 10 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). [Junior primary homonym of abrupta Mayr, above.] Replacement name: verticalis Santschi, 1928h: 139.
 * verticalis. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) verticalis Santschi, 1928h: 139. Replacement name for abrupta Karavaiev, 1927e: 19. [Junior primary homonym of abrupta Mayr, 1867a: 62.] Junior synonym of limbata: Kohout, 1998: 512.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. Nova Guinea 5: 531-539.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Kohout R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 505-531
 * Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014
 * Snelling R. R. 1998. Insect Part 1: The social Hymenoptera. In Mack A. L. (Ed.) A Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea, RAP 9. 189 ppages
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
 * Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
 * Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Some ecological characteristics of ants in New Guinea rain forests. Ecology 40: 437-447.