Echinopla serrata

Identification
A member of the Echinopla serrata group.

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

Nomenclature

 *  serrata. Polyrhachis serratus Smith, F. 1859a: 140 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Combination in Polyrhachis (Aulacomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 198; in Echinopla: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 453.

Polyrhachis serratus

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Aru.” and marked as holotype. This specimen matches the original description and has the correct type-locality.

The specimen in, labelled “Aru 50” and with a Donisthorpe type-label, is not a type, and not a specimen of serratus. It entirely fails to match the original description, but compares well with a syntype of australis Forel that is in coll. Accordingly the specimen has been labelled, “australis Forel. Bolton det. 73,” and “not a type, not serrata.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Donisthorpe, Horace. 1943. The Ants of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (10): 433-475.
 * 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
 * Smith F. 1863. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Mysol, Ceram, Waigiou, Bouru and Timor. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 7: 6-48.
 * 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.