Ponera tornata

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Ponera tornata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Gnamptogenys sulcata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Gnamptogenys
Species: Ponera tornata
Roger, 1861

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tornata. Ponera tornata Roger, 1861a: 15 (w.q.m.) MEXICO. Combination in Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys): Mayr, 1887: 541; Emery, 1896g: 46; in Gnamptogenys: Roger, 1863a: 174; Mann, 1922: 3; Brown, 1958g: 229. Junior synonym of sulcata: Lattke, 1995: 188. See also: Kempf, 1968b: 378.

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