Polyrhachis atalanta Emery

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Polyrhachis atalanta Emery
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis nigriceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis atalanta Emery
Emery, 1898

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Polyrhachis nigriceps.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • atalanta. Polyrhachis atalanta Emery, 1898b: 243, figs. 15, 16 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of nigriceps: Emery, 1925b: 192.

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