Polyrhachis litigiosa

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

Nomenclature

 *  litigiosa. Polyrhachis relucens subsp. litigiosa Emery, 1897d: 581 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in P. (Myrma): Mann, 1919: 380. Raised to species and senior synonym of pruinosula: Kohout, 1998: 522.
 * pruinosa. Polyrhachis (Myrma) sericata subsp. pruinosa Karavaiev, 1927e: 48 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). [Junior primary homonym of pruinosa Mayr, above.] Replacement name: pruinosula Santschi, 1928h: 139.
 * pruinosula. Polyrhachis (Myrma) sericata var. pruinosula Santschi, 1928h: 139. Replacement name for pruinosa Karavaiev, above. [Junior primary homonym of pruinosa Mayr, 1872: 142. Junior synonym of litigiosa: Kohout, 1998: 522.

'Polyrhachis (Myrma) sericata'' Guér. subsp. pruinosa''' Karawajew, 1927.

Type locality(-ies): “Wammar, Aru, 19.III.1913 (Nr. 2618), zahlreiche ww”.

Original Karawajew label(-s): “Polyrhachis (Myrma) / sericata Guér. subsp. / pruinosula Sant. (n. nom.) / Aru, Karavaev, 2618”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 7 w (newly mounted, IN 314/6/1), 17 w (in alcohol, IN 314/BAMS1/Karaw50).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Forel A. 1901. Formiciden aus dem Bismarck-Archipel, auf Grundlage des von Prof. Dr. F. Dahl gesammelten Materials. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 2: 4-37.
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 * Kohout R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 505-531
 * Mann W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391.
 * Mann, W.M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College 63: 273-391
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 * Robson Simon Database Polyrhachis -05 Sept 2014
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 * Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
 * Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56