Polyrhachis gagates

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Polyrhachis gagates Smith, 1858 valid

Polyrhachis gagates Smith, 1858a: 71, pl. 4, fig. 14 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal, Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903451.

Forel, 1886h: 194 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 207 (l.)
Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1914b: 139.
Subspecies of Polyrhachis schistacea: Arnold, 1924: 745.
Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 6; Mayr, 1863a: 444; Gerstäcker, 1871: 354; Forel, 1879a: 117 (redescription); Mayr, 1886c: 357; Forel, 1886h: 194; André, 1887: 287 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 262; Mayr, 1893b: 197; Mayr, 1895: 154; Emery, 1896j: 379 (in list); Forel, 1907d: 38; Forel, 1907i: 92; Mayr, 1907b: 22; Forel, 1909b: 54; Santschi, 1910c: 399; Stitz, 1911b: 392; Forel, 1913b: 349; Santschi, 1914b: 139; Wheeler, 1922: 262, 995; Emery, 1925d: 199; Menozzi, 1927f: 362; Bolton, 1973b: 305 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 34; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 207; Rigato, 2016: 10 (in key).
Senior synonym of Polyrhachis nigriseta clariseta: Bolton, 1973b: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 34; Rigato, 2016: 4.
Senior synonym of Polyrhachis gagates congolensis: Bolton, 1973b: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 34; Rigato, 2016: 4.
Senior synonym of Polyrhachis gagates indefinita: Bolton, 1973b: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 34; Rigato, 2016: 4.
Senior synonym of Polyrhachis nigriseta: Bolton, 1973b: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 34; Rigato, 2016: 4.
Senior synonym of Polyrhachis gagates obsidiana: Bolton, 1973b: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 34; Rigato, 2016: 4.
Material of the unavailable name Polyrhachis gagates indefinita acheron referred here by Bolton, 1973b: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 349; Dorow, 1995: 34; Rigato, 2016: 4.

Junior synonyms

Polyrhachis gagates congolensis Santschi, 1910
Polyrhachis gagates indefinita Forel, 1913
Polyrhachis gagates obsidiana Emery, 1921
Polyrhachis nigriseta Santschi, 1910
Polyrhachis nigriseta clariseta Santschi, 1910

Citations

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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.
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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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