Polyrhachis magnifica

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Polyrhachis magnifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Myrmhopla
Species: P. magnifica
Binomial name
Polyrhachis magnifica
Menozzi, 1926

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 12.41666667° to 6.733167°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (type locality).

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

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. Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Images from AntWeb

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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0217781. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

  • magnifica. Polyrhachis sexspinosa subsp. magnifica Menozzi, 1926e: 98 (w.) PHILIPPINES. Raised to species: Bolton, 1975c: 9.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014