Polyrhachis senilis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  senilis. Polyrhachis gab var. senilis Forel, 1902h: 520 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 108. Raised to species and senior synonym of crawleyella, tripellis: Kohout, 1988a: 50.
 * comata. Polyrhachis comata Crawley, 1915b: 237 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [Junior primary homonym of comata Emery, above.] Replacement name: crawleyella Santschi, 1916d: 243.
 * crawleyella. Polyrhachis crawleyella Santschi, 1916d: 243. Replacement name for comata Crawley, 1915b: 237. [Junior primary homonym of comata Emery, 1911b: 538.] Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 186 (misspelled as crawleyana). Junior synonym of gab: Bolton, 1974b: 173; of senilis: Kohout, 1988a: 50.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Andersen A. N., J. C. Z. Woinarski, and B. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's moonsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
 * Andersen A. N., and B. D. Hoffmann. 2010. Conservation value of low fire frequency in tropical savannas: ants in monsoonal northern Australia. Austral Ecology 36(5): 597-503.
 * Andersen, Alan N., John C.Z. Woinarski and Ben D. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
 * Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
 * Heterick B. E., B. Durrant, and N. R. Gunawardene. 2010. The ant fauna of the Pilbara Bioregion, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 78: 157-167.
 * Kohout R. J. 1988. New nomenclature of the Australian ants of the Polyrhachis gab Forel species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Aust. Entomol. Mag. 15: 49-52.
 * Kohout R. J. 2000. A review of the distribution of the Polyrhachis and Echinopla ants of the Queensland wet tropics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 183-209