Polyrhachis kellyi

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Polyrhachis kellyi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis bubastes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis kellyi
Hung, 1967

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

Nomenclature

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

  • kellyi. Polyrhachis kellyi Hung, 1967a: 201. Replacement name for hirta Donisthorpe, 1949g: 418. [Junior primary homonym of hirta Viehmeyer, 1914b: 59.] Junior synonym of bubastes: Bolton, 1975c: 6.

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