Polyrhachis zopyra

Specimens have been collected from malaise, pitfall and sweeping samples.

Identification
A member of the Polyrhachis zopyra species group.

Kohout (2008) - Polyrhachis zopyra is the only member of the zopyra species-group endemic to Sulawesi. It is very similar to Polyrhachis edentula from Sumatra, and can be distinguished by the characters listed under that species.

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

Nomenclature

 *  zopyra. Polyrhachis zopyrus Smith, F. 1861b: 43, pl. 1, fig. 22 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Combination in P. (Myrma): Emery, 1925b: 204. Senior synonym of aurichalceus: Emery, 1925b: 204. Senior synonym of moorei: Bolton, 1974b: 179. Current subspecies: nominal plus imbellis.
 * aurichalceus. Polyrhachis aurichalceus Mayr, 1862: 684 (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Mayr, 1865: 43 (q.). Junior synonym of zopyra: Emery, 1925b: 204.
 * moorei. Polyrhachis (Myrma) moorei Donisthorpe, 1941j: 208 (w.) PHILIPPINES. Junior synonym of zopyra: Bolton, 1974b: 179.

Type Material
Kohout (2008) - Holotype worker. Type locality: INDONESIA, SULAWESI, Tondano (A. R. Wallace), (examined).

Polyrhachis zopyrus

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Tond.” (= Tondano, Sulawesi) and with a Donisthorpe type-label.

A second specimen from “Tond.” in, but with the data disc slightly different, has been labelled “type-series?”

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
 * 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
 * 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. 1898. Descrizioni di formiche nuove malesi e australiane. Note sinonimiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)2: 231-245.
 * Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
 * Forel A. 1905. Ameisen aus Java. Gesammelt von Prof. Karl Kraepelin 1904. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 22: 1-26.
 * Forel A. 1912. Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Edward Jacobson. III. Theil. Notes Leyden Mus. 34: 97-112
 * Kohout R.J. 2008. A new Polyrhachis (Myrma) vestita-group species from Sulawesi. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden 82: 297-302.
 * Kohout, R. J. 2008. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52:255-317.
 * Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014
 * Smith F. 1861. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 6: 36-48.