Ponera processionalis

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 84

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296592

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ponera processionalis
status

 

6. Ponera processionalis   HNS .

Ponera processionalis, Jerdon   HNS , Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sci. 118; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 102 (1854).

Hab. India.

Of this species Mr. Jerdon says, " I have met with this species over most of India. It lives m the ground in very numerous societies, and is most frequent in jungly districts; occasionally a vast column of them, 3 or 4 feet deep, may be seen crossing a road, and 1 have traced the column for forty and fifty yards. It stings very severely."

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Ponera

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