Polyrhachis pyrgops

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Polyrhachis pyrgops
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis vigilans)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis pyrgops
Viehmeyer, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pyrgops. Polyrhachis pyrgops Viehmeyer, 1912: 9, fig. 10 (w.) CHINA. Combination in P. (Myrma): Emery, 1925b: 202. Junior synonym of vigilans: Kohout, 1998: 525.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 202, Combination in P. (Myrma))
  • Kohout, R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 42: 505-531 (page 525, Junior synonym of vigilans)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1912b. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abh. Ber. K. Zool. Anthropol.-Ethnogr. Mus. Dres. 14: 1-26 (page 9, fig. 10 worker described)