Odontoponera transversa nitens

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Odontoponera transversa nitens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Odontoponera transversa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontoponera
Species: Odontoponera transversa nitens
Creighton, 1929

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nitens. Odontoponera transversa subsp. nitens Creighton, 1929: 154 (w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of transversa: Yamane, 2009: 3.

References

  • Creighton, W. S. 1929. New forms of Odontoponera transversa. Psyche (Camb.) 36: 150-154 (page 154, worker described)
  • Yamane, S. 2009. Odontoponera denticulata (F. Smith) (Formicidae: Ponerinae), a distinct species inhabiting disturbed areas. ARI 32, 1-8.