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Ponera caeca
| Ponera caeca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Proceratium papuanum) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Proceratium |
| Species: | Ponera caeca Donisthorpe, 1949 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Proceratium papuanum.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- caeca. Ponera caeca Donisthorpe, 1949b: 491 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera coeca Santschi, 1914d: 322 (now in Hypoponera).] Junior synonym of papuanum: Brown, 1958g: 248.