Renea testacea

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Renea testacea
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Prionopelta nominata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Prionopelta
Species: Renea testacea
Donisthorpe, 1947

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.

  • testacea. Renea testacea Donisthorpe, 1947d: 183, fig. 1 (w.m.) NEW GUINEA.
    • Donisthorpe, 1948d: 590 (q.).
    • Junior synonym of majuscula: Brown, 1953c: 12.
    • Junior synonym of nominata: syn. n. (unpublished). [See note under nominata.]

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