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Polyrhachis gracilior ( Inglês )

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Polyrhachis gracilior is a species of ant found in the southwest and northeast India. It is one of the few ants that build arboreal nests[1] made of leaves stitched together using silk produced by their larvae.

Originally described as a "race" of Polyrhachis furcata, it was elevated to a full species by C T Bingham who noted differences in the shape of the spines.[2] A species described from Travancore as weberi by Horace Donisthorpe in 1943, was identified as being identical to gracilior by Barry Bolton.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gaume, Laurence; Megha Shenoy; Merry Zacharias & Renee M. Borges (2006). "Co-existence of ants and an arboreal earthworm in a myrmecophyte of the Indian Western Ghats: anti-predation effect of the earthworm mucus" (PDF). Journal of Tropical Ecology. 22 (3): 341–344. doi:10.1017/S0266467405003111. S2CID 86520579.
  2. ^ Bingham, CT (1903). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Volume 2. Taylor and Francis, London. p. 388.
  3. ^ Bolton B (1974). "New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 109: 172–180.

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Polyrhachis gracilior: Brief Summary ( Inglês )

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Polyrhachis gracilior is a species of ant found in the southwest and northeast India. It is one of the few ants that build arboreal nests made of leaves stitched together using silk produced by their larvae.

Originally described as a "race" of Polyrhachis furcata, it was elevated to a full species by C T Bingham who noted differences in the shape of the spines. A species described from Travancore as weberi by Horace Donisthorpe in 1943, was identified as being identical to gracilior by Barry Bolton.

With a larva

With a larva

Nest between leaves

Nest between leaves

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