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Polyrhachis hortensis

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ14153129 ↗
Source-derived summary

Polyrhachis hortensis is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae, found in Indonesia, and New Guinea. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of Polyrhachis hippomanes.

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The public source identifies “Polyrhachis hortensis” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Polyrhachis, hortensis and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 27-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Polyrhachis, hortensis and species providing the first useful test.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14153129. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Polyrhachis hortensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.