Ponera dulcis aemula

Ponera dulcis aemula
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 dulcis aemula Santschi, 1911

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.

• aemula. Ponera dulcis var. aemula Santschi, 1911c: 351 (w.) TANZANIA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213. Junior synonym of schauinslandi: Seifert, 2003c: 69; of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87; of ergatandria: Seifert, 2013: 198.

References

• Seifert, B. 2013. Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893) - a cosmopolitan tramp species different from H. punctatissima (Roger, 1859) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Soil Organisms 85, 189-201.