Polyrhachis feehani

Polyrhachis feehani appears to be rather rare and has been collected only on a few occasions. Its distribution is apparently limited to the wider Cooktown area.

Identification
Polyrhachis feehani is superficially similar to several species, including Polyrhachis brisbanensis, Polyrhachis brutella, Polyrhachis burwelli, Polyrhachis darlingtoni and Polyrhachis dougcooki, which are all large and have a very obvious, reddish-golden, median patch on the gastral dorsum. It differs from most of them by its weakly anteriorly converging pronotal margins, a character shared only with P. darlingtoni. Both species are easily distinguished by the shape of their petioles (see Figs 4A-B and 13A-B).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  feehani. Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) feehani Kohout, 2013: 520, figs. 4A-B (w.) AUSTRALIA.