Polyrhachis hirta Donisthorpe

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Polyrhachis hirta
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Polyrhachis bubastes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis hirta
Donisthorpe, 1949

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Polyrhachis bubastes.

Nomenclature

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

  • hirta. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) hirta Donisthorpe, 1949g: 418 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of hirta Viehmeyer, above.] Replacement name: kellyi Hung, 1967a: 201.

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