Neoponera goyana

Neoponera goyana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Neoponera agilis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Neoponera
Species:	Neoponera goyana Borgmeier, 1937

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

Nomenclature

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

• goyana. Neoponera (Eumecopone) goyana Borgmeier, 1937b: 230, figs. 11-14 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305. Senior synonym of golbachi: Kempf, 1978: 36. Junior synonym of agilis: Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 199.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. (Rio J.) 3: 217-255.