Polyrhachis bubastes

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia, New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  bubastes. Polyrhachis bubastes Smith, F. 1863: 15 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925b: 191. Senior synonym of arcispina, kellyi, rugousissima, variolosa, waigiouensis: Bolton, 1975c: 6.
 * arcispina. Polyrhachis variolosa var. arcispina Santschi, 1916d: 243. Replacement name for curvispina Stitz, 1911a: 379. [Junior primary homonym of curvispina Forel, 1908a: 8.] Junior synonym of bubastes: Bolton, 1975c: 6.
 * kellyi. Polyrhachis kellyi Hung, 1967a: 201. Replacement name for hirta Donisthorpe, 1949g: 418. [Junior primary homonym of hirta Viehmeyer, 1914b: 59.] Junior synonym of bubastes: Bolton, 1975c: 6.
 * curvispina. Polyrhachis variolosa var. curvispina Stitz, 1911a: 379 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of curvispina Forel, above.] Replacement name: arcispina Santschi, 1916d: 243.
 * hirta. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) hirta Donisthorpe, 1949g: 418 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of hirta Viehmeyer, above.] Replacement name: kellyi Hung, 1967a: 201.
 * rugousissima. Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) rugousissima Donisthorpe, 1943d: 468 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of bubastes: Bolton, 1975c: 6.
 * variolosa. Polyrhachis variolosa Emery, 1887a: 236, pl. 4, fig. 24 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in P. (Myrmhopla): Emery, 1925b: 192. Junior synonym of bubastes: Bolton, 1975c: 6.
 * waigiouensis. Polyrhachis variolosa var. waigiouensis Forel, 1911e: 299 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of bubastes: Bolton, 1975c: 6.

Polyrhachis bubastes

One worker syntype and one dealate queen syntype in. Labelled “Wag.” (= Waigeo I., New Guinea), each with a Donisthorpe type-label.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Emery C. 1886. Saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrhachis e affini. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 5: 363-382
 * Emery C. 1887. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 24(4): 209-258.
 * Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Nova Guin. 9: 249-259
 * Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 4, no. 24 (1887): 209-258.
 * Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
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 * Smith F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from the islands of Sumatra, Sula, Gilolo, Salwatty, and New Guinea, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 8: 61-94.
 * Snelling R. R. 1998. Insect Part 1: The social Hymenoptera. In Mack A. L. (Ed.) A Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea, RAP 9. 189 ppages
 * Stitz H. 1911. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 351-381.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.