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Dinoponera opaca
| Dinoponera opaca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Dinoponera quadriceps) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Dinoponera |
| Species: | Dinoponera opaca Kempf, 1971 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Dinoponera quadriceps.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- opaca. Dinoponera opaca Kempf, 1971: 379.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (Goeldi).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [First available use of Dinoponera grandis st. mutica var. opaca Santschi, 1921g: 84 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Borgmeier, 1923: 102; Borgmeier, 1937b: 225.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 97.
- Junior synonym of quadriceps: Kempf, 1975c: 344; Brandão, 1991: 340; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Lenhart, et al. 2013: 149; Dias, A.M. & Lattke, 2021: 50.