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Polyrhachis oedipus
| Polyrhachis oedipus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Polyrhachis |
| Subgenus: | Myrmhopla |
| Species: | P. oedipus |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyrhachis oedipus Forel, 1893
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka (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. |
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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.
- oedipus. Polyrhachis oedipus Forel, 1893c: 31 (w.) SRI LANKA.
- Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925b: 193.
- Subspecies of phyllophila: Emery, 1893f: 255.
- Status as species: Emery, 1896d: 381 (in list); Bingham, 1903: 398; Forel, 1908a: 8; Forel, 1909e: 401; Emery, 1925b: 193; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 294; Bolton, 1995b: 342; Dorow, 1995: 11 (in key), 54; Karmaly, 2004: 545 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 30.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 193, Combination in P. (Myrmhopla))
- Forel, A. 1893e. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part III. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 17-36 (page 31, worker described)