Polyrhachis militaris cupreopubescens

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Polyrhachis militaris cupreopubescens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis militaris)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis militaris cupreopubescens
Forel, 1879

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

Nomenclature

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

  • cupreopubescens. Polyrhachis militaris r. cupreopubescens Forel, 1879a: 120 (q.) "AFRICA". Forel, 1907a: 38 (w.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953e: 207 (l.). Combination in P. (Myrma): Santschi, 1914b: 140. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 261. Subspecies of militaris: Mayr, 1895: 154; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 998. Junior synonym of militaris: Bolton, 1973b: 313.

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