Prionopelta poultoni

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Prionopelta poultoni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Prionopelta nominata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Prionopelta
Species: Prionopelta poultoni
Donisthorpe, 1932

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

Nomenclature

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

  • poultoni. Prionopelta poultoni Donisthorpe, 1932c: 462.
    • Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Ponera simillima Smith, F. 1860b: 105. [Junior primary homonym of Ponera simillima Smith, F. 1860b: 104.]
    • Junior synonym of majuscula: Brown, 1953c: 12.
    • Junior synonym of nominata: syn. n. (unpublished). [See note under nominata.]

References

  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953c. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part I. Breviora 11: 1-13 (page 12, Junior synonym of majuscula)
  • 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. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 462, Prionopelta)
  • Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 93-143 (page 105, replacement name for Ponera simillima (Junior primary homonym of Ponera simillima)