Ponera gleadowi aethiopica

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Ponera gleadowi aethiopica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Hypoponera ragusai)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Hypoponera
Species: Ponera gleadowi aethiopica
Forel, 1907

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

Nomenclature

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

  • aethiopica. Ponera gleadowi subsp. aethiopica Forel, 1907c: 132 (q.) ETHIOPIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera aethiopica Smith, F. 1858b: 91 (now in Streblognathus).] Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213. Raised to species: Bernard, 1953b: 199 (in key). Junior synonym of ragusai: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.

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