Polyrhachis schang amboinae

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Polyrhachis schang amboinae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis dolomedes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis schang amboinae
Santschi, 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gracilior. Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) schang var. gracilior Karavaiev, 1927e: 11 (w.q.m.) INDONESIA (Ambon I.). [Junior primary homonym of gracilior Forel, above.] Replacement name: amboinae Santschi, 1928h: 139.
  • amboinae. Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) schang var. amboinae Santschi, 1928h: 139. Replacement name for gracilior Karavaiev, 1927e: 11. [Junior primary homonym of gracilior Forel, 1893c: 25.] Junior synonym of dolomedes: Kohout, 2012: 35.

References

  • Forel, A. 1893e. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part III. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 17-36 (page 25, pimary homonym)
  • 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 11, [Junior primary homonym of gracilior Forel)
  • Kohout, R.J. 2012. A review of the Australian Polyrhachis ants of the subgenera Myrma Billberg, Myrmatopa Forel, Myrmothrinax Forel and Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(1): 25-59.
  • Santschi, F. 1928h. Fourmis de Sumatra, récoltées par Mr. J. B. Corporaal. Tijdschr. Entomol. 71: 119-140 (page 139, Replacement name for gracilior)