Polyrhachis cataulacoidea

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Polyrhachis cataulacoidea
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis hookeri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis cataulacoidea
Stitz, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • cataulacoidea. Polyrhachis cataulacoidea Stitz, 1911a: 377, fig. 23 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 186. Junior synonym of hookeri: Kohout, 1994a: 136.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 186, Combination in P. (Chariomyrma))
  • Kohout, R. J. 1994a. New synonymy of three Australian ants (Formicidae: Formicinae: Polyrhachis). Mem. Qld. Mus. 35: 135-136 (page 136, Junior synonym of hookeri)
  • Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1911: 351-381 (page 377, fig. 23 worker described)