Polyrhachis antennata aciculata

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Polyrhachis antennata aciculata
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Polyrhachis antennata reticulata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis antennata aciculata
Viehmeyer, 1912

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Polyrhachis antennata reticulata.

Nomenclature

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

  • aciculata. Polyrhachis antennata var. aciculata Viehmeyer, 1912: 13, fig. 17 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of aciculatus Smith, F. 1858b: 70, above.] Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 187. Replacement name: reticulata: Dorow, 1995: 17.

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