Polyrhachis pressa
| Polyrhachis pressa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Polyrhachis |
| Subgenus: | Myrmhopla |
| Species: | P. pressa |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyrhachis pressa Mayr, 1862
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Specimens have been collected from fogging samples in forest with a cacao understory.
Contents
Identification
A member of the Polyrhachis hector species group.
Kohout (2008) - Sulawesian specimens are generally smaller than those from Java and Borneo (HL 2.15-2.46 versus HL 2.40-2.68) but they are otherwise identical.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Kohout (2008) - This is a very characteristic, relatively rare species that is known from both Java and Borneo. It was reported from Sulawesi by Emery (1901: 569) but the workers from Lore Lindu and Dumoga-Bone National Parks are the only specimens I have seen from the island.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia (type locality), Malaysia, Philippines.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
Biology
Castes
Worker
- Images provided by Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- pressa. Polyrhachis pressus Mayr, 1862: 681 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Java). Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 130.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Kohout (2008) - Syntype workers, queen. INDONESIA, JAVA, Batavia (= Jakarta) (Novara), Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna (examined).
References
- Kohout, R.J. 2008a. A review of the Polyrhachis ants of Sulawesi with keys and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52:255-317. PDF
- Mayr, G. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 649-776 (page 681, worker, queen described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63: 43-147 (page 130, Combination in P. (Myrmhopla))
