Kohout, Rudolf J.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Rudy Kohout was born in Checheslovakia and emigrated to Australia where he worked for years in CSIRO as an artist producing scientific illustrations of ants.

ANT TAXONOMY
Rudy Kohout has published numerous papers on the genus Polyrhachis.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Dorow & Kohout 1995.pdf|Dorow, W. H. O.; Kohout, R. J. 1995. A review of the subgenus Hemioptica Roger of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zool. Meded. (Leiden) 69: 93-104 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Dorow 1997.pdf|Dorow, W. H. O.; Kohout, R. J.; Taylor, R. W. 1997. Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed precedence over Myrma Billberg, 1820. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 54: 236-241 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 1987.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 1987. Three new Polyrhachis sexspinosa-group species from the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 25: 169-176 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 1988.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 1988a. New nomenclature of the Australian ants of the Polyrhachis gab Forel species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Aust. Entomol. Mag. 15: 49-52 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 1988b.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 1988b. A new species of Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) from Papua New Guinea with a review of the New Guinean and Australian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 25: 417-427 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 1988c.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 1988c. Nomenclatural changes and new Australian records in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 25: 429-438 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 1989.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 1989. The Australian ants of the Polyrhachis relucens species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 27: 509-516 PDF]]


 * Kohout, R. J. 1990. A review of the Polyrhachis viehmeyeri species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 28: 499-508


 * [[Media:Kohout 1994a.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 1994a. New synonymy of three Australian ants (Formicidae: Formicinae: Polyrhachis). Mem. Qld. Mus. 35: 135-136 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 1994b.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 1994b. Polyrhachis lama, a new ant from the Tibetan plateau (Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 35: 137-138 PDF]]


 * Kohout, R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 42: 505-531


 * [[Media:Kohout 2000.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 2000. A review of the distribution of the Polyrhachis and Echinopla ants of the Queensland wet tropics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 46: 183-209 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2006a.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2006a. A review of the Polyrhachis cryptoceroides species-group with description of a new species from Thailand. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 145-150. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2006b.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 2006b. Review of Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) of Australia, Borneo, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52:87-146. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2006c.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2006c. A new species of Polyrhachis (Aulacomyrma) Emery from Papua New Guinea. Australian Entomologist 33: 77-80. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2006d.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2006d. New species of the Polyrhachis (Myrma) parabiotica species group from the Philippines. Australian Entomologist 33: 155-163. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2007a.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2007a. Revision of the subgenus Aulacomyrma Emery of the genus Polyrhachis F. Smith, with descriptions of new species (pp. 186-253). In Snelling, R.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 690 pp. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2007b.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2007b. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) maryatiae, a new species of the armata-group from Borneo. Asian Myrmecology 1: 1-5. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2007c.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2007c. A review of the subgenus Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) Wheeler from Borneo with descriptions of new species. Asian Myrmecology 1: 7-17. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2007d.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2007d. A new species of the subgenus Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel from Borneo. Australian Entomologist 34: 115-118. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2008a.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52: 255-317. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2008b.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2008b. A new Polyrhachis (Myrma) vestita-group species from Sulawesi. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden 82: 297-302. PDF]]


 * Kohout, R.J. 2008c. Two new species of Polyrhachis Fr. Smith from Australia, based on formerly quadrinomial taxa. Australian Entomologist 35: 161-171.


 * [[Media:Kohout-2008.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2009a. A new species of the Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) flavoflagellata-group from Borneo. Asian Myrmecology 2 (2008): 11-16. PDF]]


 * Kohout, R.J. 2009b. A new species and nomenclatural changes in the subgenus Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) Forel. Australian Entomologist 36: 37-48.


 * Kohout, R.J. 2010. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrmhopla Forel and Hirtomyrma subgen. nov. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 55: 167-204.


 * [[Media:Kohout.pdf|Kohout, R.J. 2012. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrma Billberg, Myrmatopa Forel, Myrmothrinax Forel and  Polyrhachis F. Smith.  Memoirs of the  Queensland Museum – Nature 56: 25-59. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2013.pdf| Kohout, R. J. 2013a. A review of the Polyrhachis xiphias species-group of the subgenus Campomyrma Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Asian Myrmecology 5:21-27. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2013b.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 2013b. A review of the Polyrhachis gravis and micans species-groups of the subgenus Campomyrma Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56:92-117. PDF ]]


 * [[Media:Kohout 2013c.pdf|Kohout, R. J. 2013c. Revision of Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) Wheeler, 1911 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56:487-577. PDF ]]


 * Kohout, R. J. 2013d. A review of the Polyrhachis aculeata species-group of the subgenus Myrma Billberg (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae), with keys and descriptions of new species. Australian Entomologist 40(3):137-171. PDF


 * Kohout, R.J. 2013. A review of the Polyrhachis continua species-group of the subgenus Myrma Billberg (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) with keys and descriptions of new species. Australian Entomologist 40(1), 13-46.


 * [[Media:Kohout & Taylor 1990.pdf|Kohout, R. J.; Taylor, R. W. 1990. Notes on Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith, with a synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 28: 509-522 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Maschwitz U Buschinger A Dorow W Go C Kohout R 2003.pdf|Maschwitz, U.; Go, C.; Dorow, W. H. O.; Buschinger, A.; Kohout, R. J. 2003. Polyrhachis loweryi (Formicinae): a guest ant parasitizing Rhytidoponera sp. (Ponerinae) in Queensland, Australia. Insectes Soc. 50: 69-76 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Pfeiffer et al 2011.pdf|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. PDF]]