Polyrhachis clypeatus

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Polyrhachis clypeatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis exercita)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis clypeatus
Mayr, 1862

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

Nomenclature

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

  • clypeatus. Polyrhachis clypeatus Mayr, 1862: 683 (q.) SRI LANKA. Combination in P. (Campomyrma): Wheeler, W.M. 1911c: 860. Senior synonym of indica: Dalla Torre, 1893: 260; Forel, 1893c: 29. Junior synonym of exercita: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575.

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