Polyrhachis striatorugosa

Identification
A member of the Polyrhachis relucens species group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia. Oriental Region: India.

Biology
Kohout (2008) - This species occurs sporadically throughout Indonesia on Sumatra, Java and several other islands, including Flores. It was listed from Sulawesi by Emery (1901) but I have not seen any specimens originating from the island.

Nomenclature

 *  striatorugosa. Polyrhachis striatorugosus Mayr, 1862: 686, pl. 19, fig. 9 (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Mayr, 1867a: 60 (q.). Combination in P. (Myrma): Emery, 1925b: 203. Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 270; Forel, 1913k: 136. Subspecies of sumatrensis: Emery, 1887a: 234 (footnote); Emery, 1925b: 203. Revived status as species and senior synonym of exophthalma: Kohout, 1998: 524.
 * exophthalma. Polyrhachis striatorugosa var. exophthalma Forel, 1913k: 136 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Combination in P. (Myrma): Emery, 1925b: 203. Subspecies of sumatrensis: Bolton, 1995b: 348. Junior synonym of striatorugosa: Kohout, 1998: 524.

Type Material
Kohout (2008) - Syntype workers. INDONESIA, JAVA (Sichel), (examined).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
 * Forel A. 1893. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part III. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 17-36.
 * Forel A. 1912. Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Edward Jacobson. III. Theil. Notes Leyden Mus. 34: 97-112
 * Forel A. 1913. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
 * 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
 * Kohout, R. J. 2008. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:255-317.
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014