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Pteroponera
| Pteroponera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Pteroponera Bernard, 1950 |
| Type species | |
| Pteroponera sysphinctoides, now Ponera sysphinctoides | |
This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Ponera.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PTEROPONERA [junior synonym of Ponera]
- Pteroponera Bernard, 1950a: 3. Type-species: Pteroponera sysphinctoides, by monotypy.
- Pteroponera junior synonym of Ponera: Brown, in Bolton, 1994: 164.
References
- Bernard, F. 1950a [1946]. Notes sur les fourmis de France. II. Peuplement des montagnes méridionales. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 115: 1-36 (page 3, Pteroponera as genus)
- Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 164, Pteroponera as junior synonym of Ponera)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 170, Pteroponera as junior synonym of Ponera)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 184, Pteroponera as junior synonym of Ponera (provisonal))