Polyrhachis bicolor
| Polyrhachis bicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Polyrhachis |
| Species: | P. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyrhachis bicolor Smith, 1858 | |
Polyrhachis bicolor is a member of the camponotin ants in the genus Polyrhachis ranging from Australia to the tip of China.[1][2]
Appearance
This species has a red back abdomen and thinly hairy front abdomen with two spikes in front of a small white stripe. this ant has 6 legs and a light tip on each antenna.[3][2]
This species is host to a number of parisitioid fungi which hijack the ants brains.
Specimens
There are a lot of records of this species and countless pinned specimens.[3][4]
References
- ^ "antmaps.org". antmaps.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ a b "Polyrhachis bicolor - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ a b "Polyrhachis bicolor". www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ "Polyrhachis bicolor". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-01-17.