Ponera biroi rugosa

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Ponera biroi rugosa
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Hypoponera eutrepta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Hypoponera
Species: Ponera biroi rugosa
Mann, 1921

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Hypoponera eutrepta.

Nomenclature

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

  • rugosa. Ponera biroi subsp. rugosa Mann, 1921: 415 (w.) FIJI IS. [Junior primary homonym of Ponera rugosa Le Guillou, 1842: 318 (now in Diacamma).] Replacement name: eutrepta Wilson, 1958d: 344. Given as junior synonym of opaciceps by Dlussky, 1994: 53 (in list only); unconfirmed.

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