Polyrhachis marginata

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

Nomenclature

 *  marginata. Polyrhachis marginatus Smith, F. 1859a: 139 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 188. Senior synonym of rotundiceps: Kohout, 1998: 512.
 * rotundiceps. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) rotundiceps Karavaiev, 1927e: 18, fig. 9 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of marginata: Kohout, 1998: 512.

Polyrhachis marginatus

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Aroo” (= Aru I., New Guinea) and with a Donisthorpe type-label. Other specimens in are from Batjan I., Wigeo I. and Halmahera; with a specimen of indeterminate locality “T” (= Timor?).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1943. The Ants of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (10): 433-475.
 * Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
 * General D. M., and G. D. Alpert. 2012. A synoptic review of the ant genera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Philippines. Zookeys 200: 1-111.
 * 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
 * Smith F. 1863. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouru and Timor. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 7: 6-48.
 * Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94.
 * Smith, Fr. "Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5 (1860): 93-143.
 * 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.