Polyrhachis bicolor

Polyrhachis bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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.
1 2 "Polyrhachis bicolor - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
1 2 "Polyrhachis bicolor". www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
↑ "Polyrhachis bicolor". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-01-17.

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[1] "antmaps.org". antmaps.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Polyrhachis bicolor - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.

[:1-3] 1 2 "Polyrhachis bicolor". www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.

[4] "Polyrhachis bicolor". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-01-17.

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