Polyrhachis bicolor exflavicornis

Polyrhachis bicolor exflavicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Myrmhopla
Species:	P. bicolor
Subspecies:	P. bicolor exflavicornis
Trinomial name
	Polyrhachis bicolor exflavicornis; Baltazar, 1966
Synonyms
	Polyrhachis bicolor flavicornis Stitz, 1925;

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

flavicornis. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) bicolor var. flavicornis Stitz, 1925: 132 (w.) PHILIPPINES. [Junior primary homonym of flavicornis Smith, above.] Replacement name: exflavicornis Baltazar, 1966: 282. [A second proposed replacement name, rubricornis Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 362, is both unnecessary and unavailable.]
exflavicornis. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) bicolor subsp. exflavicornis Baltazar, 1966: 282. Replacement name for flavicornis Stitz, 1925: 132. [Junior primary homonym of flavicornis Smith, F. 1857a: 63.]

Description

References

Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 282, new name)
Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 2: 42-88 (page 63, [Junior primary homonym of flavicornis Smith, F. 1857a: 63.])
Stitz, H. 1925c. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1923: 110-136 (page 132, Replacement name for flavicornis)