Polyrhachis vernoni

This is one of only a few rainforest dwelling members of the subgenus Hagiomyrma, with most specimens known collected foraging on the ground and large boulders at the summit and slopes of Mt Tozer in Iron Range National Park.

Identification
Polyrhachis vernoni is a very distinct species, easily separated from all other Hagiomyrma by the unique, distinctly raised, angular margins of pronotal humeri and the strongly transverse first gastral tergite with blunt lateral prominences.

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  vernoni. Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) vernoni Kohout, 2013: 524, figs. 4G-H (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material


Type deposition: Holotype and 2 paratypes in ; 2 paratypes each in, , ; 1 paratype in.