''Polyrhachis exercita'' is a species of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
in the subfamily
Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and littl ...
, found in
India
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,
Sri Lanka
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, and
Bangladesh
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.
Subspecies
* ''
Polyrhachis exercita exercita''
(Walker, 1859)
* ''
Polyrhachis exercita lucidiventris''
Forel, 1907
* ''
Polyrhachis exercita obtusisquama''
Forel, 1902
* ''
Polyrhachis exercita rastrata''
Emery, 1889
References
External links
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* at
antwiki.org'
Animaldiversity.orgItis.org
Formicinae
Hymenoptera of Asia
Insects described in 1859
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