Polyrhachis gracilior explained

Polyrhachis gracilior is a species of ant found in the southwest and northeast India. It is one of the few ants that build arboreal nests[1] made of leaves stitched together using silk produced by their larvae.

Originally described as a "race" of Polyrhachis furcata, it was elevated to a full species by C T Bingham who noted differences in the shape of the spines.[2] A species described from Travancore as weberi by Horace Donisthorpe in 1943, was identified as being identical to gracilior by Barry Bolton.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Journal of Tropical Ecology . 2006. 22. 341–344. 10.1017/S0266467405003111. Co-existence of ants and an arboreal earthworm in a myrmecophyte of the Indian Western Ghats: anti-predation effect of the earthworm mucus . Gaume, Laurence . Megha Shenoy . Merry Zacharias . Renee M. Borges . 3 . 86520579 . amp .
  2. Book: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Volume 2. Bingham, CT. Taylor and Francis, London. 1903. 388.
  3. New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Bolton B. 1974. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 109. 172–180.

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