This history item belongs to Ponera caffra Spinola, 1851

Its current taxon owner(s) is Plectroctena caffra

[Also cited as new by Spinola, 1853: 70. Nomen nudum (attributed to Klug).]


[Also cited as new by {ref 128971}: 70. <i>Nomen nudum</i> (attributed to Klug).]
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2024-12-20
Related records
Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Plectroctena caffra Species Unavailable
Ponera caffra Species Obsolete combination
nomen nudum, an obsolete combination of Plectroctena caffra (Spinola, 1851)
Other history items belonging to Ponera caffra
#265977 (selected) [Also cited as new by Spinola, 1853: 70. Nomen nudum (attributed to Klug).]
#302222 Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 41; Mayr, 1863a: 442; Roger, 1863b: 19; Emery, 1892f: 556; Dalla Torre, 1893: 31; Forel, 1894b: 74; Forel, 1909b: 51; Forel, 1910e: 3; Forel, 1911f: 361; Emery, 1911e: 95. [Note: all these entries are nomina nuda.]
#265978 Material referred to Plectroctena mandibularis by Roger, 1861a: 41; Mayr, 1863a: 442; Roger, 1863b: 19; Emery, 1893j: 2; Emery, 1911e: 95; Wheeler, 1922: 784; Santschi, 1924a: 160; Bolton, 1974c: 330; Bolton, 1995b: 337; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 13.
#277205 [Note: Roger, 1861a: 41; Mayr, 1863a: 442; Roger, 1863b: 19; Dalla Torre, 1893: 31, all give Plectroctena caffra as senior synonym, but as Plectroctena caffra is a nomen nudum, Plectroctena mandibularis has priority.]