Polyrhachis gracilis

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gracilis. Polyrhachis gracilis Emery, 1887a: 223, pl. 3, fig. 11 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Goram I.). Junior synonym of schang: Forel, 1909d: 232.

References

  • Emery, C. 1887a [1886]. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24[=(2)(4): 209-240 (page 223, pl. 3, fig. 11 worker, queen described)
  • Forel, A. 1909i. Ameisen aus Java und Krakatau beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. Notes Leyden Mus. 31: 221-232 (page 232, Junior synonym of schang)