Polyrhachis bequaerti

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Polyrhachis bequaerti Wheeler, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Polyrhachis fissa Mayr, 1902

Polyrhachis (Myrma) bequaerti Wheeler, 1922: 267, fig. 76 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 15 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Utiasiki, between Lubutu and Kirundu (J. Bequaert). Primary type depository: MCZC.

Santschi, 1923e: 294 (q.)
Status as species: Santschi, 1923e: 294; Emery, 1925d: 205.
Junior synonym of Polyrhachis fissa: Bolton, 1973b: 304; Bolton, 1995b: 344; Dorow, 1995: 34; Rigato, 2016: 4.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1973b. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 28:283-369. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dorow, W. H. O. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 185:1-113. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Rigato, F. 2016. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with descriptions of ten new species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4088:1-50. 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.1 PDF
Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11:259-295. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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