Polyrhachis weberi

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Polyrhachis weberi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Polyrhachis gracilior)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Polyrhachis
Species: Polyrhachis weberi
Donisthorpe, 1943

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

Nomenclature

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

  • weberi. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) weberi Donisthorpe, 1943b: 206 (w.) INDIA. Junior synonym of gracilior: Bolton, 1974b: 174.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1974b [1973]. New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 109: 172-180 (page 174, Junior synonym of gracilior)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943b. Ants from the Colombo Museum Expedition to Southern India, September-October, 1938. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 196-208 (page 206, worker described)