Protonym: Ponera pedunculata
Authorship Smith, 1858a: 96, pl. 6, fig. 25
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro)
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 Both these specimens match the holotype of Neoponera pedunculata (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Neoponera pedunculata Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)
Ponera pedunculata Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Neoponera pedunculata (Smith, 1858)
Original combination