Taxonomic history
Kohout, 2012a PDF: 51 (q.).Junior synonym of Polyrhachis queenslandica: Crawley, 1921 PDF: 96; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 139; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 62; Kohout & Taylor, 1990 PDF: 512.Status as species: Kohout, 1994a PDF: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 347; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 62; Kohout, 2000 PDF: 207; Kohout, 2012a PDF: 50 (redescription).Senior synonym of Polyrhachis lysistrata: Kohout, 1994a PDF: 135; Bolton, 1995b: 347; Dorow, 1995 PDF: 62; Kohout, 2000 PDF: 207; Kohout, 2012a PDF: 50., Crawley, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xv. 1915, p. 238.
[[queen]] (hitherto undescribed). Length 8.0 mm. Dark reddish brown; mandibles, anterior half of clypeus, frontal area, and space between the bases of antennae red; remainder of head blackish brown; centre of scutum, the scutellum, and bases of segments of gaster brown, the rest of thorax red; apical six joints and the apices of the remaining joints of funiculus reddish yellow; the rest brown, also the scape with the exception of the apex and base. Nervures and stigma brownish yellow.
Head and thorax as in [[worker]] with sexual differences. Spines of epinotum and scale somewhat shorter and blunter.
Dull, gaster shining. Sculpture somewhat coarser than in [[worker]], assuming on the dorsum of thorax a tendency to run in a longitudinal direction.
A few hairs on head, thorax, and gaster, as in [[worker]]. A thin grey pubescence on gaster.
[[male]] (hitherto undescribed). Length 5.5 mm.
Uniform dark castaneous brown; mandibles, clypeus, antennae, and legs yellow.
Eyes very prominent, occupying one-half the sides of head. First joint of funiculus somewhat gibbous. Scale low, broad, and rounded in profile. Body with a fine superficial ground-sculpture.
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (Hill).
After comparison with a cotype, which the author kindly sent me, there is no doubt that the insect described by me in 1915 as P. delicata is none other than Emery's species. Mr. Hill found a nest of these ants, which is made of a fragile carton between two leaves fastened together. The whole nest is not more than 4 inches square and about 3/4 inch in the deepest part.
Polyrhachis delicata is een mierensoort uit de onderfamilie van de schubmieren (Formicinae).[1][2] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1915 door Crawley.
Bronnen, noten en/of referenties
Polyrhachis delicata é uma espécie de formiga do gênero Polyrhachis, pertencente à subfamília Formicinae.[1]
Polyrhachis delicata é uma espécie de formiga do gênero Polyrhachis, pertencente à subfamília Formicinae.
