Polyrhachis synacantha

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Polyrhachis synacantha
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis ypsilon)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis synacantha
Santschi, 1933

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

Nomenclature

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

  • synacantha. Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) ypsilon ab. synacantha Santschi, 1933d: 2 (w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of ypsilon: Hung, 1970: 19.

References

  • Hung, A. C. F. 1970. A revision of ants of the subgenus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Orient. Insects 4: 1-36 (page 19, Junior synonym of ypsilon)
  • Santschi, F. 1933e. Formicides des collections de S. A. R. le Prince Léopold de Belgique. Voyage aux Indes orientales, 1932. Bull. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. 9(2 27: 1-3 (page 2, worker described)