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Phrynoponera , Bolton & Fisher 2008
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Species of Phrynoponera
Bolton & Fisher (2008b) revised the genus. They suggested that P. pulchella is probably sister to the rest of the genus, based on synapomorphies of the other species, and we concur. For synonyms and a key to species see Bolton & Fisher (2008b).
P. bequaerti Wheeler, W.M., 1922: DRC
P. gabonensis (André, 1892): Gabon
P. pulchella Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: Kenya
P. sveni (Forel, 1916): DRC
P. transversa Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: Gabon
Notes
Published as part of Schmidt, C. A. & Shattuck, S. O., 2014, The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior, pp. 1-242 in Zootaxa 3817 (1) on page 129, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10086256
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- , Bolton & Fisher
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- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
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- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Phrynoponera
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- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Phrynoponera , 2008 sec. Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
References
- Bolton, B. & Fisher, B. L. (2008 b) The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 1892, 35 - 52.
- Andre, E. (1892) Materiaux myrmecologiques. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen), 11, 45 - 56.