Polyrhachis hostilis hebes

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Polyrhachis hostilis hebes
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis hostilis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis hostilis hebes
Donisthorpe, 1941

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

Nomenclature

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

  • hebes. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) hostilis subsp. hebes Donisthorpe, 1941h: 62 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of hostilis: Bolton, 1974b: 175.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1974b [1973]. New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 109: 172-180 (page 175, Junior synonym of hostilis)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1941h. The ants of Japen Island, Dutch New Guinea (Hym., Formicidae). Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 91: 51-64 (page 62, worker described)