Protonym: Ponera breviceps
Authorship Bernard, 1953b: 202, fig. 3A
Forms q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality GUINEA
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87). Primary type locality: lectotype Guinea (“French Guinea”): Mt Nimba (M. Lamotte). Primary type depository: MNHN.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MNHN.
Type notes The male is a Leptogenys species, excluded from the type-series (Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 88).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Hypoponera breviceps Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
Ponera breviceps Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Hypoponera breviceps (Bernard, 1953)
Original combination