''Polyrhachis exercita'' is a species of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
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 little ...
, found in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
,
Sri Lanka,
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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