Polyrhachis connectens australiae

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Polyrhachis connectens australiae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis andromache)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis connectens australiae
Emery, 1887

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

Nomenclature

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

  • australiae. Polyrhachis connectens var. australiae Emery, 1887a: 231 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Myrma): Emery, 1925b: 202. Junior synonym of relucens: Emery, 1893e: 228; of andromache: Emery, 1896d: 379. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of relucens: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 140. Junior synonym of andromache: Kohout, 1988c: 431.

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