Polyrhachis SMITH, 1857

Ghahari, Hassan, Sharaf, Mostafar R., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. & Collingwood, Cedric Alex, 2015, A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 341-359 : 345

Genus Polyrhachis SMITH, 1857

Polyrhachis lacteipennis SMITH, 1858 ( Figs 32–33 )

Material examined: Kerman Province, Jiroft , 28°50'N 57°35'E, (2), April 2010. Handcollecting. Sistan & Baluchestan Province, Zahedan , (1), May 2011. Handcollecting .

Iranian records: Fars ( Tirgari & Paknia 2004), Khuzestan ( Dezhakam & Soleyman Nejadiyan 2000; Shiran et al. 2012, 2013), Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2008, 2009, 2010b), Khuzestan ( Modarres Awal 1997; Mossadegh et al. 2008).

Distribution: Polyrhachis lacteipennis was originally described from India ( SMITH 1858) and reported from the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen) and the Middle East ( COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996).

Comments: Associated with A. gossypii on Althaea rosae L., A. gossypii on H. Rosasinensis, and R. maidis on Bromus sp. ( SHIRAN et al. 2013). Predator of Sesamia nonagrioides LEFÉBVRE ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) ( MODARRES AWAL 1997).

Figures

Figs 28–33: 28, 29 Plagiolepis pygmaea (casent0912420, Holotype), 28 Head in full-face view, 29 Body in profile, Photographer: Zach Lieberman;30, 31 Plagiolepis schmitzii (casent0909859, Holotype),30 Head in full-face view,31 Body inprofile, Photographer: Will Ericson; 32, 33 Polyrhachis lacteipennis (casent0281400, Nepal); 32 Head in full-face view, 33 Body in profile, Photographer: Michele Esposito.