Polyrhachis cheesmanae

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

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Polyrhachis cheesmanae Donisthorpe, 1937 valid

Polyrhachis (Evelyna) cheesmanae Donisthorpe, 1937e: 273, figs. 1-3 (q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Kokoda, 1933 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH.

Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrmothrinax): Bolton, 1995b: 345.
Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 267; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 62.
[Note: Dorow, 1995: 62, has confused Donisthorpe, 1937e’s two Polyrhachis cheesmanae names.]

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1937e. A new subgenus and three new species of Polyrhachis Smith. Entomologist 70:273-275. PDF
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

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