Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) obsidiana Karawajew, 1927a: 50

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, Zootaxa 4097 (2), pp. 244-254 : 250

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).