Polyrhachis hodgsoni

This species weaves together longitudinal rolled bamboo leaves and uses these for nesting and to cultivate a variety of trophobionts (Schellerich-Kaaden et al. 1997).

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

Nomenclature

 *  hodgsoni. Polyrhachis hodgsoni Forel, 1902d: 289 (w.) MYANMAR. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1990b: 760 (l.). Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925b: 195. See also: Bingahm, 1903: 390; Dorow & Maschwitz, 1990: 73.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * 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
 * Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.
 * Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014
 * Umair M., A. Zia, M. Naeem, and M. T. Chaudhry. 2012. Species composition of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Potohar Plateau of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 44(3): 669-705.