Polyrhachis luteogaster

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

Nomenclature

 *  luteogaster. Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) luteogaster Kohout, 2012: 35. Replacement name for rufiventris Emery, 1911: 256. [Junior primary homonym of rufiventris Forel, 1911: 391.]
 * rufiventris. Polyrhachis alpheus var. rufiventris Emery, 1911c: 256 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of rufiventris Forel, above (Bolton, 1995b: 355).] Replacement name: luteogaster Kohout, 2012: 35. Combination in P. (Myrmatopa): Emery, 1925b: 180.

Polyrhachis alpheus rufiventris type material.
 * Syntype workers and queen from Merauke, New Guinea (examined by Kohout, 2012).

Note: The two syntype specimens in the Emery collection (MSNG) are card-mounted on a single pin. Both are in relatively good condition, although one has the head detached from the body. The specimens are furnished with the following hand written original labels: 'N. Guinea, Merauke' and 'Polyrhachis alpheus F. Sm. var. rufiventris Emery'. Also attached are the following printed labels of later origin: 'SYNTYPI, Polyrhachis alpheus var. rufiventris C. Emery, 1911' (red tag) and 'MUSEO GENOVA coll. C. Emery (dono 1925)' (Kohout, 2012).