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Poneropsis affinis
| †Ponera affinis Temporal range: Fossil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Liometopum |
| Species: | †Ponera affinis Heer, 1849 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Liometopum imhoffii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †affinis. †Ponera affinis Heer, 1849: 147, pl. 12, fig. 2 (q.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 147.] Combination in †Poneropsis: Heer, 1867: 19. Formicidae incertae sedis: Taylor, 1964: 138. Junior synonym of imhoffii: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 245.
References
- Dlussky, G.M. & Putyatina, T.S. 2014. Early Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Radoboj, Croatia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272, 237-285.
- Heer, O. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflüger, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, vi + 264 pp. (page 147, pl. 12, fig. 2 queen described)
- Heer, O. 1867. Fossile Hymenopteren aus Oeningen und Radoboj. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 22(4 4: 1-42 (page 19, Combination in Poneropsis)
- Taylor, R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 71: 134-141 (page 138, Formicidae incertae sedis)