Polyrhachis atalanta Wheeler, W.M.

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Polyrhachis atalanta
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Polyrhachis latispina)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis atalanta
Wheeler, W.M., 1922

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Polyrhachis latispina.

Nomenclature

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

  • atalanta. Polyrhachis atalanta Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 263, fig. 71 (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [Junior primary homonym of atalanta Emery, above.] Replacement name: latispina Emery, 1925b: 206.

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