AntCat
Protonym: Polyrhachis confusa
Authorship Wong & Guénard, 2020: 12, figs. 4, 6-8
Forms w. q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality CHINA (Hong Kong, Macau)
Etymology The specific name refers to the confusion by previous examiners, where they often mistook the species for Polyrhachis lucidula and Polyrhachis phalerata, two fairly different species.
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Hong Kong, Ling Wui Shan, 22.2283°N, 113.87515°E, 323 m., 4.xii.2017, S3-C (R. Cheung). Primary type depository: HKUC. Primary type specimen: ANTWEB1016626.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype workers Hong Kong, NE New Territories, Sheung Wo Hang, 40 m., FS Wood, 20.xi.1996 (J.R. Fellowes), 1 paratype worker Hong Kong, Mui Tsz Lam, 223 m., FS Wood, 4.x.2016 (R.H. Lee), 1 paratype worker Hong Kong, High Island Reservoir, 59 m., 7.vii.2015 (R.H. Lee), 1 paratype worker Hong Kong, SS BN12, 16-17.viii.2017 (S. Saha), 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen Hong Kong, SSI site 18,SS7 site 18, vi.-viii.2016 (S. Saha), 1 paratype worker Hong Kong, Lung Fu Shan, 143 m., 10.vi.2020 (T.L. Wong & F. Brassard), 2 paratype workers Macau, Coloane, Coastal Trail, 112 m., 17.v.2019 (F. Brassard). Secondary type depository: HKUC. Secondary type specimens: ANTWEB1015821, ANTWEB1015822, ANTWEB1016097, RHL003309, RHL02592, WTL0026, FB19152.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Polyrhachis confusa Species Valid Original combination