Polyrhachis trina

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Polyrhachis trina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Hedomyrma
Species: P. trina
Binomial name
Polyrhachis trina
Donisthorpe, 1944

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.324166667° to -3.324166667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • trina. Polyrhachis (Morleyidris) trina Donisthorpe, 1944c: 64, fig. 1 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in P. (Hedomyrma): Bolton, 1995b: 358.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 358, Combination in P. (Hedomyrma))
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1944c. A new subgenus and three new species of Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 80: 64-66 (page 64, fig. 1 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Donisthorpe H. 1944. A new subgenus and three new species of Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 80: 64-66.
  • Hung A. C. F. 1970. A revision of ants of the subgenus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Oriental Insects 4: 1-36.
  • Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
  • Snelling R. R. 2000. Ants of the Wapoga river area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14, Conservation International, Washington, DC.