Polyrhachis aurita

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

Nomenclature

 *  aurita. Polyrhachis aurita Emery, 1911b: 538 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 187. Senior synonym of longispina, schlaginhaufeni: Kohout, 1998: 510.
 * longispina. Polyrhachis schlaginhaufeni var. longispina Viehmeyer, 1912: 12 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Misspelled as longispinosa by Emery, 1925b: 187.] Subspecies of aurita: Bolton, 1995b: 352. Junior synonym of aurita: Kohout, 1998: 510.
 * schlaginhaufeni. Polyrhachis schlaginhaufeni Viehmeyer, 1912: 12, fig. 16 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 187. Subspecies of aurita: Viehmeyer, 1914b: 54. Junior synonym of aurita: Kohout, 1998: 510.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. Nova Guinea 5: 531-539.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * 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
 * Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014
 * Snelling R. R. 2000. Ants of the Wapoga river area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14, Conservation International, Washington, DC.
 * 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.