Polyrhachis laevissima

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Polyrhachis laevissima Smith, 1859 homonym replaced by Polyrhachis levior Roger, 1863

Polyrhachis laevissimus Smith, 1859a: 141 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker (head missing). Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aroo 25.” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 453, cites 1 worker in OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).

[Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis laevissima Smith, 1858a.]
Status as species: Smith, 1871a: 313.
Replacement name: Polyrhachis levior Roger, 1863b.

Citations

Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
Smith, F. 1859a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 3:132-158. PDF
Smith, F. 1871a. A catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. With introductory remarks by A. R. Wallace. [part]. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 11:285-348. PDF

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