Polyrhachis conops cuspidata

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Polyrhachis conops cuspidata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis sericeopubescens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Subgenus: Myrma
Species: Polyrhachis conops cuspidata
Stitz, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • cuspidata. Polyrhachis conops var. cuspidata Stitz, 1911a: 376, fig. 22 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis cuspidatus Smith, F. 1857a: 63, above (Bolton, 1995b: 346).] Combination in P. (Myrma): Emery, 1925b: 200. Junior synonym of sericeopubescens: Kohout, 2013: 39.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 200, Combination in P. (Myrma))
  • Kohout, R.J. 2013. A review of the Polyrhachis continua species-group of the subgenus Myrma Billberg (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) with keys and descriptions of new species. Australian Entomologist 40(1), 13-46.
  • Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 2: 42-88 (page 63, [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis cuspidatus Smith, F. 1857a: 63, above.])
  • Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1911: 351-381 (page 376, fig. 22 worker described)