Ponera leae oculata

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Ponera leae oculata Wheeler, 1927 homonym replaced by Ponera norfolkensis Wheeler, 1935

Ponera leae subsp. oculata Wheeler, 1927i: 130, fig. 1 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Norfolk). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Australia: Norfolk I. 1915-16 (A.M. Lea). Primary type depository: MCZC (perhaps also SAMA). Type notes: Taylor, 1960: 179, cites 2 worker syntypes in MCZC.

[Junior primary homonym of Pseudoneoponera oculata Smith, 1858a.]
Replacement name: Ponera norfolkensis Wheeler, 1935c

Citations

Taylor, R. W. 1960. Taxonomic notes on the ants Ponera leae Forel and Ponera norfolkensis (Wheeler) (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Pacific Science 14:178-180. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1927i. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62:121-153. PDF

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