Polyrhachis indica

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Polyrhachis indica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis exercita)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis indica
Mayr, 1870

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

Nomenclature

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

  • indica. Polyrhachis indica Mayr, 1870b: 945 (w.) INDIA. Junior synonym of clypeata: Dalla Torre, 1893: 260; Forel, 1893c: 58.

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 260, Junior synonym of clypeata)
  • Forel, A. 1893c. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part II. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 430-439 (page ?, Junior synonym of clypeata)
  • Mayr, G. 1870b. Neue Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 20: 939-996 (page 945, worker described)