Polyrhachis sexspinosa

Distribution
This taxon was described from Indonesia (""Indes Orientales""). It is also found in New Caledonia, Philippines and New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  sexspinosa. Formica sexspinosa Latreille, 1802c: 126, pl. 4, fig. 21 (w.) INDONESIA ("Indes orientales"). Mayr, 1867a: 42 (q.); Karavaiev, 1927e: 26 (m.). Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, F. 1858b: 59; in P. (Myrmhopla): Viehmeyer, 1916a: 167. Senior synonym of argentata: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 219; of irritabilis: Roger, 1863b: 6; of sericea: Bolton, 1975c: 12; of barnardi: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 519. See also: Kohout, 2010: 196.
 * argentata. Formica argentata Fabricius, 1804: 413 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, F. 1858b: 73. Junior synonym of sexspinosa: Lepeletier, 1835: 219; Roger, 1863b: 6.
 * irritabilis. Polyrhachis irritabilis Smith, F. 1859a: 141 (q.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of sexspinosa: Roger, 1863b: 6.
 * sericea. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) sexspinosa var. sericea Karavaiev, 1927e: 26, fig. 13 (w.q.m.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). [Also described as new by Karavaiev, 1928: 316.] Junior synonym of sexspinosa: Bolton, 1975c: 12.
 * barnardi. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) barnardi Clark, 1928a: 39, pl. 1, figs. 37, 38 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1930c: 14 (q.). Junior synonym of sexspinosa: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 519. See also: Bolton, 1975c: 6.

Type Material


Polyrhachis irritabilis

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Aroo” (= Aru I., New Guinea) and with a Donisthorpe type-label.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Clark 1928a.pdf|Clark, J. 1928a. Australian Formicidae. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 14: 29-41]]
 * Robson, S.K.A. & Crozier, R. 2009. An evaluation of two biochemical methods of age determination in insects (pteridines and lipofuscins) using the ant Polyrhachis sexpinosa Latrielle (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 48, 102-106