Polyrhachis biloba

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Polyrhachis biloba
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis equina)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis biloba
Forel, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • biloba. Polyrhachis biloba Forel, 1911a: 58 (w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of equina: Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 122.

References

  • Forel, A. 1911a. Fourmis de Bornéo, Singapore, Ceylan, etc. récoltées par MM. Haviland, Green, Winkler, Will, Hose, Roepke et Waldo. Rev. Suisse Zool. 19: 23-62 (page 58, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 43-147 (page 122, Junior synonym of equina)