Polyrhachis schang gracilior

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Polyrhachis schang gracilior
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Polyrhachis dolomedes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis schang gracilior
Karavaiev, 1927

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Polyrhachis dolomedes.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

References

  • 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.