Polyrhachis prometheus

This species has the widest distribution of all the P. micans-group species, ranging from the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia and across the Northern Territory to Queensland, where it has been recorded as far south as Gladstone.

Identification
With its narrow, parallel-sided propodeal dorsum and long petiolar spines, P. prometheus is easily recognised within the micans species-group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  prometheus. Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) prometheus Santschi, 1920a: 566 (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Additional References

 * Kohout, R.J. 2013. A review of the Polyrhachis gravis and micans species-groups of the subgenus Campomyrma Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Nature 56, 92-117.