Ponera arnoldi

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Ponera arnoldi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Mesoponera elisae rotundata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Mesoponera
Species: Ponera arnoldi
Forel, 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

  • arnoldi. Ponera (Xiphopelta) arnoldi Forel, 1913a: 108 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Junior synonym of rotundata: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 776.

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