Polyrhachis pyrgops

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Polyrhachis pyrgops Viehmeyer, 1912 junior synonym of current valid taxon Polyrhachis vigilans Smith, 1858

Polyrhachis pyrgops Viehmeyer, 1912b: 9, fig. 10 (w.) CHINA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: none given (“ohne Vaterlandsangabe”; no further data). Primary type depository: DEIM. Type notes: Viehmeyer, 1912b comments that Forel, 1912a: 81, mentioned this species from Kien Prov., China (G. Siemssen).

[Polyrhachis pyrgops Forel, 1912a: 81. Nomen nudum (attributed to Viehmeyer).]
Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Emery, 1925d: 202.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1921c: 546; Emery, 1925d: 202; Santschi, 1925f: 90; Wheeler, 1930b: 105; Wheeler, 1930k: 78; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 275; Bolton, 1995b: 355; Dorow, 1995: 38; Lin & Wu, 2003: 61 (error); Terayama, 2009: 219 (error).
Junior synonym of Polyrhachis vigilans: Kohout, 1998: 525; Wong & Guénard, 2020: 53.

Citations

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
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1912a. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.) [Combined reference]. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 1:45-81. PDF
Kohout, R. J. 1998. New synonyms and nomenclatural changes in the ant genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42:505-531.
Lin, C.-C.; Wu, W.-J. 2003. The ant fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with keys to subfamilies and genera. [In Chinese.]. Guoli Taiwan Bowuguan Niankan 46:5-69.
Santschi, F. 1925f. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56:81-96. PDF
Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266. PDF
Viehmeyer, H. 1912b. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14:1-26. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1921c. Chinese ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64:529-547. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1930b. Formosan ants collected by Dr. R. Takahashi. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 11:93-106. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81. PDF
Wong, T.L.; Guénard, B. 2020 ("2021"). Review of ants from the genus Polyrhachis Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) in Hong Kong and Macau, with notes on their natural history. Asian Myrmecology 13: e013001:1-70. 10.20362/am.013001 PDF

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