Ponera testacea

Distribution
This taxon was described from France. It is also found in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Nomenclature

 *  testacea. Ponera coarctata var. testacea Emery, 1895b: 62 (w.q.) FRANCE. Junior synonym of coarctata: Taylor, 1967a: 21. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Csösz, 2003: 158; Csösz & Seifert, 2003: 207. Senior synonym of crassisquama: Scupola, 2006: 162.
 * crassisquama. Ponera coarctata var. crassisquama Emery, 1916a: 54, fig. 1 (w.q.) ITALY. [Also described as new by Emery, 1916b: 108.] Junior synonym of coarctata: Taylor, 1967a: 21; of testacea: Scupola, 2006: 162.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Csosz & Seifert 2003.pdf|Csösz, S., and Seifert, B. 2003. Ponera testacea Emery, 1895 Stat. N. - A sister species of P. coarctata (Latreille, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 49(3): 201-214 PDF]]