Polyrhachis lysistrata

Polyrhachis lysistrata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis delicata)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Polyrhachis
Species:	Polyrhachis lysistrata Santschi, 1920

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

Nomenclature

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

• lysistrata. Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax) lysistrata Santschi, 1920a: 569 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of delicata: Kohout, 1994a: 135.

References

• Kohout, R. J. 1994a. New synonymy of three Australian ants (Formicidae: Formicinae: Polyrhachis). Mem. Qld. Mus. 35: 135-136 (page 135, Junior synonym of delicata)
• Santschi, F. 1920a. Quelques nouveaux Camponotinae d'Indochine et Australie. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 52: 565-569 (page 569, worker described)