Acanthoponera occidentalis

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Acanthoponera occidentalis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Heteroponera imbellis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Heteroponera
Species: Acanthoponera occidentalis
Clark, 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

  • occidentalis. Acanthoponera occidentalis Clark, 1926: 47, pl. 6, fig. 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196.

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