Ponera yakushimensis

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Ponera yakushimensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ponera scabra)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Ponera
Species: Ponera yakushimensis
Tanaka, 1974

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

Nomenclature

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

  • yakushimensis. Ponera yakushimensis Tanaka, 1974b: 32, fig. 1 (w.q.) JAPAN. Junior synonym of scabra: Yoshimura, Hosoishi, et al. 2009: 195.

References

  • Tanaka, M. 1974b. A new species of the ant genus Ponera from Yaku Island (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Rev. Jpn. 27: 32-36 (page 32, fig. 1 worker, queen described)