Neoponera obscuricornis latocciput

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Neoponera obscuricornis latocciput
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Neoponera apicalis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Neoponera
Species: Neoponera obscuricornis latocciput
Forel, 1921

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

Nomenclature

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

  • latocciput. Neoponera obscuricornis r. latocciput Forel, 1921b: 132 (w.q.) ECUADOR. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 306. Junior synonym of apicalis: Wild, 2005: 5.

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