Polyrhachis carinatus

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 71

publication ID	8127
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296503
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF7BC3BD-B1FD-C68C-6055-193B598AE90F
treatment provided by	Donat
scientific name	Polyrhachis carinatus
status

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45. Polyrhachis carinatus LSID . Pl. IV. figs. 48,49. B.M.

Formica carinata, Fabr. LSID Syst. Piez. 413. 71.

St. Farg. Hym. i. 220. 28.

Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sc. (1851) 126; Ann. & Mag.

Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 109.

Hab. New Caledonia; W. Africa; Port Natal.

This insect is very probably the worker of P. militaris LSID ; and possibly the carinatus LSID of Fabricius may not be identical; in every particular it agrees with the description, but has in addition a short tooth at the base of the spines on the node of the peduncle; but this might very easily have been overlooked.