''Polyrhachis yerburyi'' 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 ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Sri Lanka.
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References
External links
* at
antwiki.org
'
Animaldiversity.org
Formicinae
Hymenoptera of Asia
Insects of Sri Lanka
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Insects described in 1893
Taxa named by Auguste Forel
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