Ponera excedra

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Ponera excedra
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Ponera leae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Ponera
Species: Ponera excedra
Wilson, 1957

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

Nomenclature

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

  • excedra. Ponera excedra Wilson, 1957b: 364 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of leae: Taylor, 1967a: 89

References

  • Taylor, R. W. 1967a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pac. Insects Monogr. 13: 1-112 (page 89, Junior synonym of leae)
  • Wilson, E. O. 1957b. The tenuis and selenophora groups of the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116: 355-386 (page 364, worker, queen described)