Polyrhachis gestroi rufiventris

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Polyrhachis gestroi rufiventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Myrmhopla
Species: P. gestroi
Subspecies: P. gestroi rufiventris
Trinomial name
Polyrhachis gestroi rufiventris
Forel, 1911
Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 21.46666667° to 21.46666667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia (type locality), Malaysia.

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.

  • rufiventris. Polyrhachis gestroi var. rufiventris Forel, 1911d: 391 (q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Senior synonym of moeschiella (unnecessary replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 355.
  • moeschiella. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) gestroi var. moeschiella Forel, 1918a: 726. Unnecessary replacement name for, and hence junior synonym of, rufiventris Forel, 1911d: 391: Bolton, 1995b: 352.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 355, Senior synonym of moeschiella (unnecessary replacement name))
  • Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 391, queen described)