Hypoponera dulcis aemula

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

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Hypoponera dulcis aemula (Santschi, 1911) junior synonym of current valid taxon Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Ponera dulcis var. aemula Santschi, 1911c: 351 (w.) TANZANIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2003d: 68). Primary type locality: lectotype Tanzania (“Afrique orientale allemande”): Kilimanjaro, zone des cultures, Kiboscho, 1400 m., 1904 (Ch. Alluaud). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 137, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB.

Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2003d: 68.
Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1914b: 53; Wheeler, 1922: 780.
Subspecies of Hypoponera dulcis: Emery, 1911e: 90; Bolton, 1995b: 213.
Junior synonym of Hypoponera schauinslandi: Seifert, 2003d: 69
Junior synonym of Hypoponera ergatandria: Seifert, 2013: 198
Junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87; Lubertazzi, 2019: 123 (by implication).

Obsolete combinations

Ponera dulcis aemula

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
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
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210. 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF
Santschi, F. 1911c ("1910"). Nouvelle fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 79:351-369. PDF
Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
Seifert, B. 2003d. Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger) and H. schauinslandi (Emery) - two morphologically and biologically distinct species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 75(1):61-81. PDF
Seifert, B. 2013. Hypoponera ergatandria (Forel, 1893) – a cosmopolitan tramp species different from H. punctatissima (Roger, 1859) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Soil Organisms 85:189-201. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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