Polyrhachis nigriseta

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

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Polyrhachis nigriseta Santschi, 1910 junior synonym of current valid taxon Polyrhachis gagates Smith, 1858

Polyrhachis nigriseta Santschi, 1910c: 399 (w.) CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Mindouli (A. Weiss). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912122.

Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Santschi, 1914b: 140.
Status as species: Forel, 1910c: 272; Santschi, 1914b: 140; Emery, 1925d: 199.
Subspecies of Polyrhachis gagates: Forel, 1913b: 349.
Subspecies of Polyrhachis schistacea: Forel, 1913i: 357; Wheeler, 1922: 1002.
Junior synonym of Polyrhachis gagates: Bolton, 1973b: 305; Bolton, 1995b: 353; 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
Forel, A. 1910c. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 29:243-274. PDF
Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351. PDF
Forel, A. 1913i. Quelques fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge (1). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:347-359. 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. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym)

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