Polyrhachis crawleyi

A ground nesting species.

Identification
Kohout (1988) - Similar to Polyrhachis ammonoeides. P. crawleyi is smaller (HL < 1.80), has longer antennal scapes (SI > 155) and the body is covered by very fine, somewhat dilute silvery pubescence. P. ammonoeides is always larger (HL > 1.90), with much shorter antennal scapes (SI < 148), a generally more glossy appearance, and with pubescence virtually absent from all body surfaces except the gaster. The widely divergent propodeal spines are almost straight in P. crawleyi, while in P. ammonoeides their tips are distinctly turned outwards.

Distribution
Found in North Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is known from Lakefield on Cape York Peninsula south to Rockhampton, areas to the south of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the Darwin district (Kohout 1988).

This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  crawleyi. Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) ammonoeides var. crawleyi Forel, 1916: 447 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Kohout, 1988c: 433.

Type Material


Kohout (1988) - The unique holotype of P. ammonoeides Roger has apparently been lost.