Polyrhachis affinis

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 63

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296447

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/53CBADCD-BE57-C198-E5DA-8A9B6EAD5DB7

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scientific name

Polyrhachis affinis
status

 

19. Polyrhachis affinis   LSID . B.M.

Worker. Length 2 1/4 lines.-Black: clothed with pale golden pubescence. Thorax: a very stout acute spine at each angle of the anterior margin of the thorax; the mesothorax convex above, the sides swollen; the metathorax with two divergent stout acute spines; the scale of the abdomen quadrate, with two long, rather slender spines above, which curve backwards over the abdomen; the legs without spines or pubescence, the calcaria pale testaceous.

Hab. Burmah.

This species is very like P. dives   LSID from Singapore, but differs principally in the form of the mesothorax.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Polyrhachis

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