Ponera tarsalis

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Ponera tarsalis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paraponera clavata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Paraponerinae
Genus: Paraponera
Species: Ponera tarsalis
Perty, 1833

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tarsalis. Ponera tarsalis Perty, 1833: 135, pl. 27, fig. 2 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of clavata: Smith, F. 1858b: 100.

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