Ponera affinis Heer

†Ponera affinis Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Liometopum
Species:	†Ponera affinis Heer, 1849

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

Nomenclature

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

• †affinis. †Ponera affinis Heer, 1849: 147, pl. 12, fig. 2 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene).
  • [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 147.]
  • Combination in †Poneropsis: Heer, 1867: 19.
  • Incertae sedis in Formicidae: Taylor, 1964: 138.
  • Combination in Liometopum: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 52; Handlirsch, 1907: 880; Bolton, 1995b: 363.
  • Junior synonym of †imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.

References

• Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
• Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 147, pl. 12, fig. 2 queen described)
• Heer, O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 22(4 4: 1-42 (page 19, Combination in Poneropsis)
• Taylor, R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 71: 134-141 (page 138, Formicidae incertae sedis)