Polyrhachis rotundiceps

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Polyrhachis rotundiceps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis marginata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis rotundiceps
Karavaiev, 1927

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rotundiceps. Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) rotundiceps Karavaiev, 1927e: 18, fig. 9 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of marginata: Kohout, 1998: 512.

References

  • Karavaiev, V. 1927f. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zb. Prats Zool. Muz. 3:3-52 [= Tr. Ukr. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Vidd. 7:3-52]. (page 18, fig. 9 worker described)
  • 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 512, Junior synonym of marginata)