Ponera ruginoda

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Ponera ruginoda
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmecia pilosula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Tribe: Myrmeciini
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: Ponera ruginoda
Smith, F., 1858

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ruginoda. Ponera ruginoda Smith, F. 1858b: 93 (m.) AUSTRALIA. Crozier, 1970: 123 (k.). Combination in Ectatomma: Roger, 1861b: 168; in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38; in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 6. Junior synonym of pilosula: Brown, 1953j: 6.

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