Polyrhachis mackayi

Polyrhachis mackayi is a relatively uncommon species that builds its nests between the leaves of trees and shrubs, mostly along the margins of lowland rainforests and woodlands (Kohout 2006).

Identification
Characterised by the evenly convex proﬁle of the mesosomal dorsum, rounded pronotal humeri, a completely unarmed propodeum and relatively short and subequal petiolar spines (Kohout 2006).

Distribution
From just north of Mackay in Queensland south to Taree in northern New South Wales, where, together with Polyrhachis pilosa it represents the southern-most limit of the distribution of the subgenus (Kohout 2006).

This taxon was described from Australia.

Type Material
Syntype workers and queen from examined by Kohout (Kohout, 2006)

Type Locality Information
QUEENSLAND, Mackay, col. R.E. Turner.