Polyrhachis defensus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 62

publication ID	8127
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296437
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/324E2271-CC7C-02B2-DA7B-11D11BE9E8B2
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Polyrhachis defensus
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15. Polyrhachis defensus View in CoL LSID . Pl. IV. fig. 27. B.M.

Worker. Length 3 1/2 lines.-Head and thorax black; abdomen opake rusty-red. Head and thorax coarsely shagreened, the latter armed with two long stout spines in front and two similar ones at the angles of the metathorax. Abdomen globose; the scale of the peduncle with two long stout spines diverging and curving backwards.

Hab. Singapore. Java.

Some specimens from Java have the abdomen black.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Formicidae
Genus	Polyrhachis

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