Polyrhachis conops bismarckensis Karavaiev, 1927 homonym replaced by Polyrhachis stitzi Santschi, 1928
Polyrhachis (Myrma) conops var. bismarckensis Karavaiev, 1927f: 46 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago). Australasia.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago (no further data) (“received from H. Stitz”, MNHU). Primary type depository: unknown (Kohout, 1998: 519). Type notes: Kohout, 1998: 519, Kohout, 2013a: 25, says the holotype cannot be found in MNHU or SIZK. However, he found some specimens (2 workers, 3 queens) in alcohol in MNHU, apparently from the same series as the worker sent by Stitz to Karavaiev.
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