Polyrhachis illaudata
Worker from India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species:
P. illaudata
Binomial name
Polyrhachis illaudata
Walker, 1859

Polyrhachis illaudata is a species of large ant found in Sri Lanka, India extending through Southeast Asia to the Philippines. The colonies have a single queen and nest within wood.[1]

References

  1. Robson, SKA & R J Kohout (2007). "A review of the nesting habits and socioecology of the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith" (PDF). Asian Myrmecology. 1: 81–99.
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