Polyrhachis schlaginhaufeni longispina

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Polyrhachis schlaginhaufeni longispina
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis aurita)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis schlaginhaufeni longispina
Viehmeyer, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • longispina. Polyrhachis schlaginhaufeni var. longispina Viehmeyer, 1912: 12 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Misspelled as longispinosa by Emery, 1925b: 187.] Subspecies of aurita: Bolton, 1995b: 352. Junior synonym of aurita: Kohout, 1998: 510.

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