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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Camponotini
›
Polyrhachis
›
Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla)
›
Polyrhachis hippomanes
›
Polyrhachis hippomanes ceylonensis
Polyrhachis
hippomanes
ceylonensis
Emery, 1893
valid
Polyrhachis hippomanes subsp. ceylonensis
Emery, 1893h
: 254 (w.q.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Kandy, Cottawa (
E. Simon
). Primary type depository:
MSNG
.
Combination in
Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla)
:
Viehmeyer, 1916a
: 166.
Status as species:
Bingham, 1903
: 400;
Mathew & Tiwari, 2000
: 360.
Subspecies of
Polyrhachis hippomanes
:
Forel, 1893e
: 31;
Emery, 1896j
: 381 (in list);
Forel, 1908b
: 9;
Forel, 1909k
: 402;
Viehmeyer, 1916a
: 166;
Emery, 1925d
: 195;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 291;
Bolton, 1995b
: 345;
Dorow, 1995
: 56;
Karmaly, 2004
: 546 (in key);
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 36;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 31;
Dias
et al.
, 2020
: 51;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 63.
Citations
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;
Guénard, B.
;
Bharti, M.
;
Economo, E. P.
2016.
An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 551:1-83.
PDF
Bingham, C. T.
1903.
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps.
London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.
;
Capco, S. R.
1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Dias, R. K. S.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Akbar, S. A.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
Udayakantha, W. S.
;
Wachkoo, A. A.
2020.
The ants (
Hymenoptera
,
Formicidae
) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist.
ZooKeys 967:1-142.
10.3897/zookeys.967.54432
PDF
Dorow, W. H. O.
1995.
Revision of the ant genus
Polyrhachis
Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography.
Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185:1-113.
PDF
Emery, C.
1893h.
Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier-février 1892). Formicides.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62:239-258.
PDF
Emery, C.
1896j.
Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi
Camponotus
,
Polyrhachis
e affini.
Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:363-382 [pagination of separate: 761-780].
PDF
Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Forel, A.
1893e.
Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part III.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 8:17-36.
PDF
Forel, A.
1908b.
Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion.
Lasius
carniolicus
. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie?
Strongylognathus
testaceus
.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:1-22.
PDF
Forel, A.
1909k.
Études myrmécologiques en 1909. Fourmis de Barbarie et de Ceylan. Nidification des
Polyrhachis
.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 45:369-407.
PDF
Guénard, B.
;
Dunn, R. R.
2012.
A checklist of the ants of China.
Zootaxa 3358:1-77.
PDF
Karmaly, K. A.
2004.
A new species and a key to species of
Polyrhachis
Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India.
Pp. 539-551 in:
Rajmohana, K.
;
Sudheer, K.
;
Girish Kumar, P.
;
Santhosh, S.
(eds.) 2004.
Perspectives on biosystematics and biodiversity. Prof. T.C. Narendran commemoration volume.
Kerala: Systematic Entomology Research Scholars Association, xxii + 666 pp.
PDF
Mathew, R.
;
Tiwari, R. N.
2000.
Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae.
Pp. 251-409 in:
Director
;
Zoological Survey of India
(ed.) 2000.
Fauna of of Meghalaya. Part 7. [State Fauna Series 4.] Insecta 2000.
Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 621 pp.
PDF
Viehmeyer, H.
1916a ("1915").
Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168.
PDF
Wang, W. Y.
;
Soh, E. J. Y.
;
Yong, G. W. J.
;
Wong, M. K. L.
;
Guénard, B.
;
Economo, E. P.
;
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2022.
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geminata
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goramensis
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hexacantha
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hunggeuk
hungi
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illaudata
imitator
impressa
incerta
inclusa
incognita
inconspicua
inducta
inermis
inflata
injinooi
insularis
integra
inusitata
io
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isolata
ithona
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johnsoni
jurii
kaipi
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kohli
kohouti
kokoda
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laboriosa
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lacroixi
lacteipennis
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laevissima
lama
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lata
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leae
leonidas
leopoldi
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lydiae
maai
machaon
mackayi
macropus
maculata
magnifica
malaensis
maliau
mamba
manni
manusensis
marginata
maryatiae
masaokai
medusa
melanura
mellita
melpomene
menelas
menozzii
mentor
metella
micans
militaris
mindanaensis
minima
mitrata
mjobergi
mkomaziae
modesta
moeschi
moesta
mondoi
monista
montana
monteithi
monticola
muara
mucronata
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murina
mutata
narendrani
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noesaensis
nofra
nomo
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numeria
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obtusa
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olybria
omissa
omyrmex
opacita
opalescens
ops
orbihumera
ornata
orokana
orpheus
orsylla
osae
osiris
otleti
pacifica
pagana
palaearctica
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palmerae
parabiotica
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paromala
parva
patiens
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peetersi
pelecta
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peregrina
personata
phalerata
phidias
philippinensis
phryne
pilbara
pilosa
pirata
placida
planata
planoculata
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platynota
platyomma
polymnia
porcata
pressa
procera
prometheus
proxima
pruinosa
pseudothrinax
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pulleni
punctillata
punctiventris
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pyrrhus
quadrispinosa
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ralumensis
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regesa
regularis
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retrorsa
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rustica
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salomo
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schellerichae
schenckii
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schoopae
schwiedlandi
scissa
sculpta
sculpturata
scutulata
sedlaceki
seducta
selecta
semiaurata
semiinermis
semiobscura
semipolita
semitestacea
senilis
sericata
sericeopubescens
setosa
sexspinosa
shattucki
shixingensis
sidnica
similis
simillima
simpla
simulans
sinuata
smithersi
smithi
snellingi
sokolova
solivaga
solmsi
sophocles
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spinicola
spinifera
spinigera
spinosa
spitteleri
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starri
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storki
striata
striatorugosa
stricta
strictifrons
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stylifera
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subcyanea
subfossa
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submarginata
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sulang
sulawesiensis
sulcata
sulcifera
sylvicola
tambourinensis
tanami
tapini
taylori
templi
tenebra
terminata
terpsichore
tersa
textor
thailandica
thais
thompsoni
thrinax
thusnelda
tianjingshanensis
tibialis
tonsilis
tragos
transiens
trapezoidea
triaena
tricuspis
trina
trispinosa
tristis
trophima
tschu
tubericeps
tuberosa
tubifera
tubifex
turneri
tyrannica
ugiensis
ulysses
umboi
uncaria
undulata
unicornis
unicuspis
vanachterbergi
varicolor
variegata
venus
vermiculosa
vernoni
vestita
viehmeyeri
vigilans
villipes
villosa
vindex
viola
violaceonigra
viscosa
vitalisi
volkarti
wagneri
waigeuensis
wallacei
wamuki
wardi
watanasiti
weiri
weissi
wellmani
wheeleri
widodoi
wilmsi
wilsoni
wolfi
wroughtonii
xanthippe
xiphias
yarrabahensis
yerburyi
yorkana
ypsilon
zhengi
zimmerae
zopyra
abdominalis
aberrans
amana
arachne
arborea
armata
aspasia
atrovirens
aureovestita
bakana
banghaasi
basirufa
batesi
bicolor
binghamii
bismarckensis
bubastes
caeciliae
calypso
cephalotes
chalybea
cleophanes
croceiventris
cryptoceroides
curvispina
daphne
davydovi
diaphanta
diotima
dispar
dives
emmae
esuriens
etheli
euthiacaena
exotica
flavoflagellata
follicula
fortis
furcata
gestroi
glabrinota
glykera
gracilior
greensladei
grisescens
hector
hippomanes
hirta
hodgsoni
hortensis
ignota
jerdonii
jianghuaensis
keratifera
kubani
lacteipennis
laevigata
lama
laminata
longipes
lucidula
lugens
magnifica
manni
maryatiae
melpomene
menelas
mitrata
modesta
moeschi
moesta
muara
mucronata
muelleri
mutata
nigriceps
nigripes
nitida
nofra
nudata
ochracea
oedacantha
oedipus
orpheus
osiris
palaearctica
paromala
pellita
peregrina
personata
plato
platynota
pressa
punjabi
reclinata
regularis
retrorsa
rhea
ridleyi
romanovi
rubigastrica
rufipes
rugifrons
rupicapra
saevissima
salebrosa
scabra
schellerichae
sexspinosa
smithi
sophocles
spinigera
spinosa
storki
strictifrons
stylifera
subfossa
subfossoides
sylvicola
thailandica
thompsoni
tianjingshanensis
tibialis
tragos
tristis
tschu
tubericeps
tubifex
venus
viehmeyeri
waigeuensis
wheeleri
wroughtonii
xanthippe
boettcheri
ceylonensis
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