Polyrhachis grisescens

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Polyrhachis grisescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Myrmhopla
Species: P. grisescens
Binomial name
Polyrhachis grisescens
Emery, 1895

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Myanmar (type locality), Pakistan.
Palaearctic Region: Jordan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • grisescens. Polyrhachis simplex var. grisescens Emery, 1895k: 483 (w.q.) MYANMAR. Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925b: 196. Subspecies of lacteipennis: Dorow, 1995: 52. Raised to species: Dietrich, 2004: 335.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.