Ponera oblongiceps

Ponera oblongiceps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Hypoponera ragusai)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Hypoponera
Species:	Ponera oblongiceps Smith, M.R., 1939

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

Nomenclature

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

• oblongiceps. Ponera oblongiceps Smith, M.R. 1939a: 76, figs. 1-3 (w.q. ergatoid m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of gleadowi: Taylor, 1968a: 65; of ragusai: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 95.

References

• Smith, M. R. 1939a. A new species of North American Ponera, with an ergatandrous form (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 41: 76-78.