Ponera intermedia

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Ponera intermedia
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Hypoponera occidentalis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Hypoponera
Species: Ponera intermedia
Bernard, 1953

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

Nomenclature

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

  • intermedia. Ponera (Hypoponera) intermedia Bernard, 1953b: 206, fig. 3 (w.) GUINEA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera piliventris var. intermedia Forel, 1900b: 63 (now in Pachycondyla) (Bolton, 1995b: 215).] Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 215.


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