Polyrhachis

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Polyrhachis
Temporal range: Miocene–Present
Polyrhachis gracilior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
F. Smith, 1857
Type species
Formica bihamata
Species
Diversity[1]
477 species
Synonyms

Cephalomyrma Karavaiev, 1935
Dolichorhachis Mann, 1919
Evelyna Donisthorpe, 1937
Florencea Donisthorpe, 1937
Irenea Donisthorpe, 1938
Johnia Karavaiev, 1927
Morleyidris Donisthorpe, 1944

Polyrhachis is a genus of formicine ants found in the Old World with over 600 species.[2] The genus is yet to be comprehensively resolved and contains many varied species including nest-weavers (e.g. Polyrhachis dives), swimming workers (e.g. Polyrhachis sokolova), soil (e.g. Polyrhachis proxima) and tree-dwellers (e.g. Polyrhachis bicolor). The first fossil record of this genus was of Polyrhachis annosa from the Miocene.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Polyrhachis". AntCat. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AWPolyrhachis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).