family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Formicinae

genus

Polyrhachis


Children

Polyrhachis lamellidens


ITIS

 

Polyrhachis

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Polyrhachis

FORMIS

 

Polyrhachis



subgenus

Polyrhachis


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Japanese Name

Toge-ari-azoku

Original Reference

Smith, F. (1857) Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A.R. Wallace. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2: 42-88.

Description

Pronotal humeri each with a spine. Mesonotum with a pair of spines. Lateral margin of propodeum carinate; propodeal spines long with the tip rounded. Petiole with a pair of long anchor-shaped spines.

Remarks

This subgenus containes Polyrhachis lamellidens in Japan.

References

  • Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A.R. Wallace. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2: 42-88.

Editor

Original text by Mamoru Terayama & Masao Kubota. English translation by Mamoru Terayama.