Ponera mumfordi

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Ponera mumfordi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Hypoponera
Species: Ponera mumfordi
Wheeler, W.M., 1933

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

Nomenclature

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

  • mumfordi. Ponera mumfordi Wheeler, W.M. 1933f: 141 (w.) FRENCH POLYNESIA (Marquesas Is). Wheeler, W.M. 1936f: 4 (q.). Junior synonym of gleadowi: Wilson, 1958d: 328; of punctatissima: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 29 (in text).

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