Polyrhachis crawleyella

Polyrhachis crawleyella
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis senilis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Species:	Polyrhachis crawleyella Santschi, 1916

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

Nomenclature

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

• crawleyella. Polyrhachis crawleyella Santschi, 1916d: 243. Replacement name for comata Crawley, 1915b: 237. [Junior primary homonym of comata Emery, 1911b: 538.] Combination in P. (Chariomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 186 (misspelled as crawleyana). Junior synonym of gab: Bolton, 1974b: 173; of senilis: Kohout, 1988a: 50.

References

• Bolton, B. 1974b [1973]. New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 109: 172-180 (page 173, Junior synonym of gab)
• Crawley, W. C. 1915b. Ants from north and south-west Australia (G. F. Hill, Rowland Turner) and Christmas Island, Straits Settlements. - Part II. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(15): 232-239 (page 237, Replacement name for comata)
• Emery, C. 1911f. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. Nova Guin. 5: 531-539 (page 538, Junior primary homonym of comata Emery)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 186, Combination in P. (Chariomyrma), and misspelled as crawleyana)
• Kohout, R. J. 1988a. New nomenclature of the Australian ants of the Polyrhachis gab Forel species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Aust. Entomol. Mag. 15: 49-52 (page 50, Junior synonym of senilis)
• Santschi, F. 1916d. Rectifications à la nomenclature de quelques Formicides (Hym.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1916: 242-243 (page 243, Polyrhachis)