Protonym: Ponera inversa
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 96
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality ECUADOR
Primary type information Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Fernandes et al., 2014: 149). Type-locality: Ecuador (“South America”): Napo, “51/70”. Type-depository: BMNH.
Type notes One of the two original syntypes (now the lectotype), was labelled as “type” of Neoponera inversa, and fits the original description; the second matches the note on “var.” given by Smith, and was identified as Neoponera villosa by MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 409.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Neoponera inversa Species Valid
Ponera inversa Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Neoponera inversa (Smith, 1858)
Original combination