Polyrhachis hecuba

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Polyrhachis hecuba
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis creusa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis hecuba
Forel, 1902

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

Nomenclature

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

  • hecuba. Polyrhachis hecuba Forel, 1902h: 527 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 649 (l.). Combination in P. (Campomyrma): Forel, 1915b: 115. Junior synonym of creusa: Kohout & Taylor, 1990: 514.

References

  • Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 527, worker, queen, male described)
  • Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 115, Combination in P. (Campomyrma))
  • 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 514, Junior synonym of creusa)
  • Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1970b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae: second supplement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 63: 648-656 (page 649, larva described)