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Myrma (Polyrhachis) Smith, 1857 an obsolete classification of Polyrhachis Smith, 1857

Polyrhachis Smith, 1857a: 58 Type-species: Formica bihamata (obsolete combination of Polyrhachis bihamata), by original designation.

Type notes: Fabricius, 1775: 394, Smith, 1858a: 58, Wheeler, 1911g: 170, Donisthorpe, 1943g: 685, and many others, attribute Formica bihamata to Drury, 1773: 73, pl. 38, figs. 7, 8. Drury, 1773's work contains both description and illustration, but the species is not named; first use of the name appears in Fabricius, 1775: 394.]

Citations

Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:617-688.
Drury, D. 1773. Illustrations of natural history. Wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and twenty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera. Vol. 2. London: B. White, vii + 90 pp. PDF
Fabricius, J. C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg and Leipzig]: Korte, 832 pp. PDF
Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 2:42-88. PDF
Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1911g. A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21:157-175. PDF

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