Pseudoneoponerini

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Pseudoneoponerini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ponerini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Pseudoneoponerini
Chapman & Capco, 1951
Type genus
Pseudoneoponera

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

Nomenclature

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

  • PSEUDONEOPONERINI [junior synonym of Ponerini]
    • Pseudoneoponerini Chapman & Capco, 1951: 77 (attributed to Donisthorpe). Type-genus: Pseudoneoponera Donisthorpe, 1943d: 439.

Taxonomic History

  • Pseudoneoponerini as tribe of Ponerinae: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 77.
  • Pseudoneoponerini as junior synoym of Ponerini: Bolton, 2003: 43, 159; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 52.

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