Polyrhachis radicicola

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

Nomenclature

 *  radicicola. Polyrhachis costulata var. radicicola Dahl, 1901: 15 (w.q.m.) NEW GUINEA (Bismarck Archipelago). [First available use of Polyrhachis aurea r. costulata var. radicicola Forel, 1901b: 32; unavailable name.] Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 186. Subspecies of costulata: Dorow, 1995: 18. Raised to species and senior synonym of karawaiewi: Kohout, 1998: 513.
 * convexa. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) convexa Karavaiev, 1927e: 17, fig. 7 (w.) INDONESIA (Ambon I.). [Junior primary homonym of convexa Roger, above.] Replacement name: karawaiewi Santschi, 1928h: 139.
 * karawaiewi. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) karawaiewi Santschi, 1928h: 139. Replacement name for convexa Karavaiev, 1927e: 17. [Junior primary homonym of convexa Roger, 1863a: 153.] Junior synonym of radicicola: Kohout, 1998: 513.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
 * Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.