Polyrhachis semipolita hestia

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Polyrhachis semipolita hestia
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis fuscipes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis semipolita hestia
Forel, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • hestia. Polyrhachis semipolita subsp. hestia Forel, 1911e: 295 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in P. (Campomyrma): Emery, 1925b: 179. Subspecies of hexacantha: Emery, 1925b: 179; of semipolita: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 140. Junior synonym of fuscipes: Taylor, 1989a: 23.

References

  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 179, Combination in P. (Campomyrma))
  • Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 179, Subspecies of hexacantha)
  • Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303 (page 295, worker described)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1989a. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 28: 23-27 (page 23, Junior synonym of fuscipes)
  • Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 140, Subspecies of semipolita)