Open AccessTHE NOMENCLATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOME AUSTRALIAN ANTS OF THE GENUS POLYRHACHIS Fr SMITH (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE: FORMICINAE)
Author(s) -
Taylor Robert W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1989.tb01186.x
Subject(s) - formicinae , biology , subgenus , hymenoptera , nomenclature , vespoidea , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , hexapoda , botany , genus
Polyrhachis inconspicua insularis Emery, P. thalia io Forel, P. polymnia maculata Forel, P. micans ops Forel and P. sidnica perthensis Crawley are elevated to species rank. New synonymies include: P. fuscipes Mayr = P. semipolita hestia Forel; P. hexacantha (Erichson) = P. froggatti Forel; P. hirsuta Mayr = P. hirsuta quinquedentata Viehmeyer; P. inconspicua Emery = P. thalia Forel; P. insularis Emery = P. inconspicua subnitens Emery; P. phryne Forel = P. sempronia Forel. P. jacksoniana Roger is declared a species inquirenda , and the names P. sidnica Mayr, P. sidnica tambourinensis Forel, P. Ieae Forel and P. leae cedarensis Forel are reserved as species inquirendae under the aggregate name P. (sidnica). Lectotypes are designated for P. hexacantha , and P. perthensis. Other confirmed valid species and synonyms are listed. All relevant names previously assigned to the subgenus Campomyrma Wheeler have been considered.