Neoponera pedunculata (Smith, 1858) junior synonym of current valid taxon Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)
Ponera pedunculata Smith, 1858a: 96, pl. 6, fig. 25 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio (de Janeiro), Constancia (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902513 Type notes: Another BMNH specimen, previously indicated as “type”, is labelled “Ega. 58/6” (= Brazil: Tefé) and therefore is not type-material. A single specimen in OXUM has “pedunculata” on a label but no other data. Both these specimens match the holotype of Neoponera pedunculata (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
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