Protonym: Ponera simillima
| Authorship | Smith, 1860b: 105 |
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| Forms | q. |
| Bioregion | Australasia |
| Locality | PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: 4 syntype queens. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Dory I., “Dor.”, and “Dor. 20” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depositories: BMNH, OXUM. |
| Type notes | In the original description, Smith states that the type-specimens are workers, but only queens of this taxon are present in his collection. It is assumed here that he miswrote the caste in the description; the four queens of the species are regarded here as syntypes. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Ponera simillima | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Prionopelta simillima (Smith, 1860)
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Original combination |
| Prionopelta simillima | Species |
Homonym
homonym replaced by Prionopelta nominata (Smith, 1871)
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