Hypoponera ursoidea

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Hypoponera ursoidea (Bernard, 1953) junior synonym of current valid taxon Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Ponera ursoidea Bernard, 1953b: 203, fig. 3C (eq.) GUINEA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker-queen intercaste (by designation of Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87). Type-locality: Guinea: Crête de Nion, 1300 m. (no collector’s name). Type-depository: MNHN. Type notes: Workers excluded from original syntype series by Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 88.

Lectotype designation: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 216
Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 216.
Junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87

Obsolete combinations

Ponera ursoidea

Citations

Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF

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