Polyrhachis hostilis

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

Nomenclature

 *  hostilis. Polyrhachis hostilis Smith, F. 1859a: 139 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 187. Senior synonym of hebes, intricata: Bolton, 1974b: 175. Current subspecies: nominal plus circumflexa.
 * hirsuta. Polyrhachis hostilis var. hirsuta Viehmeyer, 1914b: 58 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of hirsuta Mayr, above.] Replacement name: intricata Forel, 1918a: 727. [P. hirsuta Emery, 1911b: 532. Nomen nudum.]
 * intricata. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) hostilis var. intricata Forel, 1918a: 727. Replacement name for hirsuta Viehmeyer, 1914b: 58. [Junior primary homonym of hirsuta Mayr, 1876: 75.] Junior synonym of hostilis: Bolton, 1974b: 175.
 * hebes. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) hostilis subsp. hebes Donisthorpe, 1941h: 62 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of hostilis: Bolton, 1974b: 175.

Polyrhachis hostilis

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Aru” (= Aru I., New Guinea) and with a Donisthorpe type-label.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1974. New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 109: 172-180
 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1941. The Ants of Japen Island, Dutch New Guinea (Hym. Formicidae). The Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 91(2):51-64.
 * 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
 * Emery C. 1887. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24(4): 209-258.
 * Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 4, no. 24 (1887): 209-258.
 * 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.
 * Lucky A., E. Sarnat, and L. Alonso. 2011. Ants of the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea, Chapter 10. In Richards, S. J. and Gamui, B. G. (editors). 2013. Rapid Biological Assessments of the Nakanai Mountains and the upper Strickland Basin: surveying the biodiversity of Papua New Guineas sublime karst environments. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 60. Conservation International. Arlington, VA.
 * 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.