Protonym: Ponera breviceps
Authorship Bernard, 1953b: 202, fig. 3A
Forms q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality GUINEA
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.
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