Polyrhachis seducta

Polyrhachis seducta is known only from Barrow Island. All specimens were collected foraging on the ground and it is highly probable that the species is a terrestrial nester like most other Hagiomyrma species.

Identification
Polyrhachis seducta is somewhat similar to Polyrhachis melanura. However, P. seducta can be distinguished by the distinctly deeper body sculpturation, more strongly posteriorly converging promesonotal lateral margins and short, bristle-like hairs on antennal scapes. Polyrhachis seducta is also very similar to Polyrhachis tanami, with both having numerous short hairs on the antennal scapes and a distinctly swollen posterior face of the petiole. They differ mainly by the hairs on dorsum of mesosoma that are erect and very short in P. seducta, while they are longer and distinctly posteriorly directed in P. tanami.

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  seducta. Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) seducta Kohout, 2013: 545, figs. 8G-H (w.) AUSTRALIA.