Polyrhachis phryne

Wheeler (1934) Rottnest Island: "Fourteen workers and a deiilated female from a single colony nesting under a stone near Government House (X. 21, '31)."

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  phryne. Polyrhachis phryne Forel, 1907a: 41 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Campomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 179. Senior synonym of sempronia: Taylor, 1989a: 26; of perthensis: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 517.
 * sempronia. Polyrhachis sempronia Forel, 1907a: 39 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Campomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 180. Junior synonym of phryne: Taylor, 1989a: 26.
 * perthensis. Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sidnica var. perthensis Crawley, 1922c: 36 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, W.M. 1934d: 163 (q.). Raised to species: Taylor, 1989a: 26. Junior synonym of phryne: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 517.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Andersen A. N., A. Y. Yen. 1992. Canopy ant communities in the semi-arid Mallee region of North-western Victoria. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 205-214.
 * Andersen A. N., T. D. Penman, N. Debas, and M. Houadria. 2009. Ant community responses to experimental fire and logging in a Eucalypt forest of south-eastern Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 188-197.
 * Forel A. 1907. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42.
 * 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.
 * Taylor R. W. 1989. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 28: 23-27.
 * Van Ingen L. T., R. Campos, and A. N. Andersen. 2008. Ant community structure along an extended rain forest-savanna gradient in tropical Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24: 445-455.
 * Vanderwoude C., A. N. Andersen, and A. P. N. House. 1997. Community organisation, biogeography and seasonality of ants in a open forest of south-eastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 523-537.