Polyrhachis menelas

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Polyrhachis menelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Myrmhopla
Species: P. menelas
Binomial name
Polyrhachis menelas
Forel, 1904

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Specimen Labels


Photo Gallery

  • Polyrhachis menelas worker. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Photo by Yathumon M A.
  • Polyrhachis menelas worker. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Photo by Yathumon M A.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.6979° to 30.3225°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Polyrhachis menelasWorker. Specimen code casent0910891. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • menelas. Polyrhachis menelas Forel, 1904c: 30 (w.) INDIA. Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925b: 195.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Forel A. 1906. Les fourmis de l'Himalaya. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 42: 79-94.