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Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) obsidiana Karawajew 1927

Description

Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) obsidiana Karawajew, 1927a: 50, w, q, m.

Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis (Myrma) gagates subsp. obsidiana Emery, 1921: 21. Replacement name: Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) coronata Santschi, 1928: 140.

Current status: junior synonym of Polyrhachis goramensis Emery, 1887: 239, w, Indonesia (Goram Isl.). Synonymy: Kohout, 1998: 527.

Type locality(-ies): “ Amboina, 19.II.1913 (Nr. 2496), zahlreiche ww.—Ebenda (Nr. 2479, 2490, 2497), ww, qq und mm”.

Original Karawajew label(-s): “ Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) / obsidiana Karavaev / typus. Amboina, 2497 / Karavaev.” and “ Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) / coronata Sant. (n. nom) / Amboina, Karavaev, 2497 ”; “ Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) / obsidiana Karavaev, typus / Amboina, 2497, Karavaev” and “ Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) / coronata Sant. (n. nom.) / Amboina, Karavaev, 2497 ”; “ Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) / coronata Sant. (n. nom.) / Amboina, Karavaev, 2496 ”; “ Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) / coronata Sant. (n. nom.) / Amboina, Karavaev, / 2496+2497”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 18 w, 9 q (newly mounted, IN 314/6/1), 544 w, 190 q, 1 m, 1 pupa (in alcohol, IN 314/ BAMS 1/Karaw40–46, 56–58, 67, 68).

Notes

Published as part of Martynov, Alexander V. & Radchenko, Alexander G., 2016, Karawajew's ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pp. 244-254 in Zootaxa 4097 (2) on page 250, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/255767

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References

  • Karawajew, W. (1927 a) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. III. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu, 3, 3 - 52.
  • Emery, C. (1921) Le genre Polyrhachis. Classification; especes nouvelles ou critiques. Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 54, 17 - 25.
  • Santschi, F. (1928) Fourmis de Sumatra, recoltees par Mr. J. B. Corporaal. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 71, 119 - 140.
  • Emery, C. (1887 (1886 )) Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Ser. 2, 4, 209 - 258.
  • Kohout, R. J. (1998) New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 42, 505 - 531.