Polyrhachis marginatus (Smith, F. 1859)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Polyrhachis
Name
Polyrhachis marginatus Smith, F., 1859 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Polyrhachis marginatus Smith, F., 1859, Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3: 139-139.
Description
P. niger; antennis, palpis pedibusque ferrugineis; thoracis marginibus recurvis, metathorace petiolique squamula bidentatus. Worker. Length 2 1 / 2 lines. Black; the antennae and legs ferruginous; the head and thorax rugose; the prothorax transverse, its anterior margin slightly curved, with the lateral angles produced forwards and very acute; the thorax narrowed to the metathorax, which is armed with two divergent acute spines. Abdomen velvety black and globose; the scale of the petiole produced laterally into long, bent, acute spines, which curve backwards to the shape of the abdomen.
Materials Examined
Hab. Aru.
Taxon Treatment
- Smith, F.; 1859: Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3: 139-139. doi
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