Ponera oblongiceps

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Ponera oblongiceps
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 oblongiceps
Smith, M.R., 1939

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.

  • oblongiceps. Ponera oblongiceps Smith, M.R. 1939a: 76, figs. 1-3 (w.q. ergatoid m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of gleadowi: Taylor, 1968a: 65; of ragusai: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 95.

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