Polyrhachis luteogaster

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

Nomenclature

 *  luteogaster. Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) luteogaster Kohout, 2012: 35. Replacement name for rufiventris Emery, 1911: 256. [Junior primary homonym of rufiventris Forel, 1911: 391.]
 * rufiventris. Polyrhachis alpheus var. rufiventris Emery, 1911c: 256 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of rufiventris Forel, above (Bolton, 1995b: 355).] Replacement name: luteogaster Kohout, 2012: 35. Combination in P. (Myrmatopa): Emery, 1925b: 180.

Polyrhachis alpheus rufiventris type material.
 * Syntype workers and queen from Merauke, New Guinea (examined by Kohout, 2012).

Note: The two syntype specimens in the Emery collection (MSNG) are card-mounted on a single pin. Both are in relatively good condition, although one has the head detached from the body. The specimens are furnished with the following hand written original labels: 'N. Guinea, Merauke' and 'Polyrhachis alpheus F. Sm. var. rufiventris Emery'. Also attached are the following printed labels of later origin: 'SYNTYPI, Polyrhachis alpheus var. rufiventris C. Emery, 1911' (red tag) and 'MUSEO GENOVA coll. C. Emery (dono 1925)' (Kohout, 2012).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Nova Guin. 9: 249-259
 * 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.
 * Klimes P., P. Fibich, C. Idigel, and M. Rimandai. 2015. Disentangling the diversity of arboreal ant communities in tropical forest trees. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117853. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117853
 * Kohout R. J. 2012. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrma Billberg, Myrmatopa Forel, Myrmothrinax Forel and Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 56(1): 25-59.
 * 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.