Polyrhachis paradoxa

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Polyrachis paradoxa
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus polyrhachioides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Polyrhachis paradoxa
(André, 1892)

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus polyrhachioides.

Nomenclature

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

  • paradoxus. Polyrhachis paradoxa André, 1892a: 46 (w.) GABON.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Colobopsis paradoxa Mayr, 1866b: 887.]
    • Combination in Phasmomyrmex (Myrmorhachis): Emery, 1925b: 58.
    • Combination in Camponotus (Phasmomyrmex): Ward, et al. 2016: 349.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 266; Mayr, 1895: 153; André, 1895a: 1; Stitz, 1910: 149; Bolton, 1995b: 316.
    • Senior synonym of polyrhachioides: Emery, 1900b: 15; Emery, 1925b: 58.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus polyrhachioides Emery, 1898a: 227.

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