Ponera ursoidea

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Ponera ursoidea
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 ursoidea
Bernard, 1953

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.

  • ursoidea. Ponera ursoidea Bernard, 1953b: 203, fig. 3 (ergatoid q., not w.) GUINEA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 216. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.

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