Polyrhachis epinotalis

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

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Polyrhachis epinotalis Santschi, 1924 valid

Polyrhachis militaris st. epinotalis Santschi, 1924b: 222 (in key) (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Rigato, 2016: 17). Primary type locality: lectotype Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Congo belge”): Elisabethville (= Lubumbashi), ix.1911 (miss. agric. Leplae). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0910908 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: Original syntypes perhaps in MRAC.

Lectotype designation: Rigato, 2016: 17.
[First available use of Polyrhachis militaris cupreopubescens epinotalis Forel, 1913i; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Bolton, 1973b: 313; Bolton, 1995b: 347).]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1922: 999; Emery, 1925d: 199.
Junior synonym of Polyrhachis militaris: Dorow, 1995: 36.
Status as species: Rigato, 2016: 10 (in key), 17 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Polyrhachis militaris epinotalis

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. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. 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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