Ponera nitida Smith, F. 1858
Ponera nitida | |
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Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Leptogenys intermedia) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Leptogenys |
Species: | Ponera nitida Smith, F., 1858 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Leptogenys intermedia.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nitida. Ponera nitida Smith, F. 1858b: 92 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. [Junior primary homonym of †Ponera nitida Heer, 1849: 149 (now in Dolichoderus).] First available replacement name: intermedia Emery, 1902c: 32 (synonymy with nitida Smith by Bolton, 1975a: 289); designated by Bolton, 1995b: 231. Arnold, 1926: 211 (q.). Combination in Lobopelta: Mayr, 1886c: 358; in Leptogenys: Forel, 1901f: 329.