Polyrhachis nitens Donisthorpe

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Polyrhachis nitens
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Polyrhachis hungi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis nitens
Donisthorpe, 1944

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Polyrhachis hungi.

Nomenclature

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

  • nitens. Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) nitens Donisthorpe, 1944c: 65 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of nitens Donisthorpe, above.] Replacement name: hungi Bolton, 1974b: 175.

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