Polyrhachis thompsoni

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Polyrhachis thompsoni Bingham, 1903 valid

Polyrhachis thompsoni Bingham, 1903: 391, fig. 130 (w.) MYANMAR. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type localities: Myanmar (“Burma”): Tenasserim, Ataran Valley (C.T. Bingham), Myanmar (“Upper Burma”): Shan States (G.I. Thompson). Primary type depository: OXUM (perhaps also BMNH).

Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925d: 196.
Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 196; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 298; Bolton, 1995b: 358; Dorow, 1995: 48; Karmaly, 2004: 544 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 37; Bharti et al., 2016: 32.

Citations

Bharti, H.; 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
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. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. 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

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