Identification guide to the ant genera of Borneo - AntBase.net

IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO BORNEAN ANTS
Genus Polyrhachis Smith 1857
Type species: Formica bihamata, by original designation.
Taxonomic Reference
Smith, F. 1857 Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca;
and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. London Zool. 2: 42-88.
Habitat: Many arboreal. some in silk-woven leaf nests.
Biology: Generalized foragers
Tribe Gesomyrmecini
Genus Gesomyrmex Mayr 1868
Type species: Gesomyrmex hoernesi, by monotypy.
Taxonomic Reference
Mayr, G. 1868 Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Beitr. Naturk. Preuss. K. Physik.-Oekon. Ges. Koenigsberg
1: 1-102.
Habitat: Arboreal
Tribe Lasiini
Genus Euprenolepis Emery 1906
Type species: Prenolepis procera, by original designation.
Taxonomic Reference
Emery, C. 1906 Note sur Prenolepis vividula Nyl. et sur la classification des especes du genre Prenolepis. Ann.
Soc. Entomol. Belgique 50: 130-134.
Genus Paratrechina Motschoulsky 1863
Type species: Paratrechina currens, designated by Wheeler (1911).
Taxonomic Reference
Motschoulsky, V. de. 1863 Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'ile Ceylan. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou
36: 1-153.
Habitat: Nests in open soil or under rocks or other objects, or in rotten wood on the ground.
Biology: Generalized foragers
Genus Pseudolasius Emery 1887
Type species: Formica familiaris, designated by Bingham (1903).
Taxonomic Reference
Emery, C. 1887 Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza.
Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (2)4(24): 209-258.
Habitat: Nest in soil under rocks or logs or in rotten wood on the ground.
Biology: Cryptic foragers. Tend homopterans
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