Ponera kalakauae

Ponera kalakauae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Hypoponera
Species:	Ponera kalakauae Forel, 1899

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

Nomenclature

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

• kalakauae. Ponera kalakauae Forel, 1899a: 115 (ergatoid q. (not w.), q.) HAWAII. Junior synonym of gleadowi: Wilson, 1958d: 328; of punctatissima: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 29 (in text); of ergatandria: Seifert, 2013: 198.

References

• Seifert, B. 2013. Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893) - a cosmopolitan tramp species different from H. punctatissima (Roger, 1859) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Soil Organisms 85, 189-201.