Acanthoponera brouni kirki

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Acanthoponera brouni kirki
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Heteroponera brounii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Heteroponera
Species: Acanthoponera brouni kirki
Wheeler, W.M., 1923

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

Nomenclature

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

  • kirki. Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) brouni subsp. kirki Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 184, fig. 4 (w.q.) NEW ZEALAND. Junior synonym of brounii: Brown, 1958h: 18.

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