Polyrhachis tubifex

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines.

Nomenclature

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

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).

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