Ponera pallidula fuscula

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Ponera pallidula fuscula
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Hypoponera pallidula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Hypoponera
Species: Ponera pallidula fuscula
Emery, 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fuscula. Ponera pallidula var. fuscula Emery, 1901h: 158 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of pallidula: Wilson, 1958d: 332.
  • pallidula. Ponera pallidula Emery, 1900c: 320, pl. 8, figs. 17, 18 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Mann, 1919: 295 (q.). Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 215. Senior synonym of fuscula: Wilson, 1958d: 332.


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