Ponera gagates

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Ponera gagates
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paltothyreus tarsatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Paltothyreus
Species: Ponera gagates
Guérin-Méneville, 1844

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gagates. Ponera gagates Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 423 (w.) SENEGAL. Junior synonym of tarsatus: Roger, 1860: 310; Roger, 1863b: 17.

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