Hypoponera breviceps

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

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Hypoponera breviceps (Bernard, 1953) junior synonym of current valid taxon Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Ponera breviceps Bernard, 1953b: 202, fig. 3A (q.) GUINEA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype queen (by designation of Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87). Type-locality: lectotype Guinea: Nimba (Lamotte). Type-depository: MNHN. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 2 paralectotype queens. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: MNHN. Type notes: Male (a Leptogenys species) excluded from original type-series by Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 88.

Lectotype designation: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213
Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 213.
Junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87

Obsolete combinations

Ponera breviceps

Citations

Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
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. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF

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