Polyrhachis defensus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 62

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296437

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/324E2271-CC7C-02B2-DA7B-11D11BE9E8B2

treatment provided by

Donat

scientific name

Polyrhachis defensus
status

 

15. Polyrhachis defensus   LSID . Pl. IV. fig. 27. B.M.

Worker. Length 3 1/2 lines.-Head and thorax black; abdomen opake rusty-red. Head and thorax coarsely shagreened, the latter armed with two long stout spines in front and two similar ones at the angles of the metathorax. Abdomen globose; the scale of the peduncle with two long stout spines diverging and curving backwards.

Hab. Singapore. Java.

Some specimens from Java have the abdomen black.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Polyrhachis

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