Polyrhachis orsylla javanensis

Polyrhachis orsylla javanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Myrma
Species:	P. orsylla
Subspecies:	P. orsylla javanensis
Trinomial name
	Polyrhachis orsylla javanensis; Santschi, 1928
Synonyms
	Polyrhachis orsyllus javana Karavaiev, 1927;

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

javana. Polyrhachis (Myrma) orsyllus var. javana Karavaiev, 1927e: 49 (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Replacement name for Polyrhachis (Myrma) orsyllus var. javana Karavaiev, 1927e: 49. [Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis rastellata var. javana Crawley, 1923a: 31.] Subspecies of vindex: Dorow, 1995: 41. Subspecies of orsylla: Bolton, 1995b: 350.

Description

References

Dorow, W. H. O. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography. Cour. Forschungsinst. Senckenb. 185: 1-113 (page 41, Subspecies of vindex)
Karavaiev, V. 1927f. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zb. Prats Zool. Muz. 3:3-52 [= Tr. Ukr. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Vidd. 7:3-52]. (page 49, [Junior primary homonym of javana Crawley, 1923a: 31.])
Santschi, F. 1928h. Fourmis de Sumatra, récoltées par Mr. J. B. Corporaal. Tijdschr. Entomol. 71: 119-140 (page 140, Replacement name for javana)