Polyrhachis jerdonii

Polyrhachis jerdonii is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.^[1]

Polyrhachis jerdonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Subgenus:	Myrmhopla
Species:	P. jerdonii
Binomial name
Polyrhachis jerdonii Forel, 1892

A part of the Polyrhachis cryptoceroides species group. Similar to Polyrhachis thailandica. Both have a laterally marginate mesosoma and a weakly indicated metanotal groove. They differentiate in the overall slupture of the body that, in P. jerdonii, is very delicately and finely reticulate-punctate.