Polyrhachis eucharis

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Polyrhachis eucharis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis atropos)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis eucharis
Karavaiev, 1927

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

Nomenclature

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

  • eucharis. Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) eucharis Karavaiev, 1927e: 22, fig. 12 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of atropos: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 513.

References

  • Karavaiev, V. 1927f. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zb. Prats Zool. Muz. 3:3-52 [= Tr. Ukr. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Vidd. 7:3-52]. (page 22, fig. 12 worker, queen described)
  • Kohout, R. J.; Taylor, R. W. 1990. Notes on Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith, with a synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 28: 509-522 (page 513, Junior synonym of atropos)