Phrynoponera heterodus

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

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Phrynoponera heterodus Wheeler, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)

Phrynoponera heterodus Wheeler, 1922: 78 (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Stanleyville, 25°10’E, 0°30’N, stomach Bufo superciliaris (Lang & Chapin). Primary type depository: AMNH.

Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 334.
Junior synonym of Phrynoponera gabonensis: Brown, 1950g: 247 (in text); Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43.

Citations

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. 2008b. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1892:35-52. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1950g. Morphological, taxonomic, and other notes on ants. Wasmann Journal of Biology 8:241-250. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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