Ponera coarctata crassisquama

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Ponera coarctata crassisquama
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ponera testacea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Ponera
Species: Ponera coarctata crassisquama
Emery, 1916

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Ponera testacea.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • crassisquama. Ponera coarctata var. crassisquama Emery, 1916a: 54, fig. 1 (w.q.) ITALY. [Also described as new by Emery, 1916b: 108.] Junior synonym of coarctata: Taylor, 1967a: 21; of testacea: Scupola, 2006: 162.

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