Polyrhachis tubifex

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Polyrhachis tubifex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Myrmhopla
Species: P. tubifex
Binomial name
Polyrhachis tubifex
Karavaiev, 1926

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -6.566666667° to -6.566666667°.

 
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Subtropical
Tropical South
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

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

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Nomenclature

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

  • tubifex. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) tubifex Karavaiev, 1926a: 144 (w.q.m.) INDONESIA (Java). [Also described as new by Karavaiev, 1927e: 31.]

The following notes on V.A. Karavaiev type specimens have been provided by Martynov & Radchenko (2016) based on material held in the Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian Academy of Science:

Type locality(-ies): in Karawajew, 1926 no concrete type locality given; in Karawajew, 1927a: “Buitenzorg, 26.XII.1912 (Nr. 2356), der untere Teil des Botan. Gartens. Zahlreiche ww, geflügelte qq, mm und Larven”.

Original Karawajew label(-s): “Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) / tubifex Karawaiw, typus. / Buitenzorg, Karawaiw, 2356.”; printed, with handwritten inscription “Java, / Buitenzorg / Karavaev, / 2356” and handwritten “Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla / tubifex Karawaiew, / typus 1925”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 8 w, 3 q, 1 m (newly mounted, IN 314/6/2), 169 w, 33 q, 3 m, 29 pupae, 8 larvae (in alcohol, IN 314/BAMS1/Karaw18–20).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Karavaiev V. 1926. Über den Nestbau von Polyrhachis (subg. Myrmhopla) tubifex sp. n. (Fam. Formicidae). Biol. Zentralbl. 46: 143-145.
  • Martynov A. V., and A. G. Radchenko. 2016. Karawajew’s ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Zootaxa 4097 (2): 244–254.
  • Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
  • Robson S. K. A., and R. J. Kohout. 2008. Nest construction in the arboreal ant Polyrhachis tubifex Karavaiev, 1926. Asian Myrmecology 2: 121-123.
  • Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014