Ponera ergatandria cognata

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Ponera ergatandria cognata
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 ergatandria cognata
Santschi, 1912

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.

  • cognata. Ponera ergatandria st. cognata Santschi, 1912b: 153 (w.) ANGOLA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera cognata Emery, 1896g: 56 (now in Pachycondyla) (Bolton, 1995b: 213).] Bernard, 1953b: 202 (q.). Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213. Raised to species: Bernard, 1953b: 202. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87. See also: Arnold, 1915: 81.

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