This history item belongs to Ponera simillima Smith, 1860

Its current taxon owner(s) is Prionopelta simillima

Unnecessary replacement name: Prionopelta majuscula Emery, 1897c (replacement name for Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b).


Unnecessary replacement name: {prottac 172222} (replacement name for {prottac 172232}).
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2019-06-14
  • Updated at: 2021-02-01
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Ponera simillima Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Prionopelta simillima (Smith, 1860)
Prionopelta simillima Species Homonym
homonym replaced by Prionopelta nominata (Smith, 1871)
Other history items belonging to Ponera simillima
#268115 [Junior primary homonym of Leptogenys simillima Smith, 1860b.]
#278572 (selected) Unnecessary replacement name: Prionopelta majuscula Emery, 1897c (replacement name for Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b).
#291060 [Note: Prionopelta majuscula was later thought to be oldest junior synonym of Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b, hence first available replacement name (Brown, 1953c: 12; Wilson, 1958c: 144) but Prionopelta nominata Smith, 1871a is the oldest and first available.]
#268114 Combination in Ponera: Roger, 1863b: 16
#282728 Combination in Rhopalopone: Emery, 1900b: 311 (footnote); Emery, 1911e: 35; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27
#282729 Combination in Prionopelta: Brown, 1953c: 12.
#282730 Junior synonym of Hypoponera confinis: Roger, 1863b: 16; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 69; Tiwari, 1999: 29.
#282731 [Note: seniority given to Hypoponera confinis by Roger, Chapman & Capco, and Tiwari; synonymies erroneous.]
#293352 Senior synonym of Hypoponera confinis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1893i: 190; Emery, 1911e: 90.
#293353 [Note: seniority given to Prionopelta simillima by Dalla Torre, and Emery; synonymies erroneous.]
#282732 Subspecies of Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859: Emery, 1893g: 190 (error); Emery, 1895m: 460 (error).
#282733 Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1900b: 311 (footnote); Emery, 1911e: 35; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27.
#282734 Junior synonym of Prionopelta majuscula: Brown, 1953c: 12; Wilson, 1958c: 148; Brown, 1960a: 177; Shattuck, 2008b: 27.
#282735 Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b: Prionopelta poultoni Donisthorpe, 1932c
#293170 Replacement name: Prionopelta nominata Smith, 1871a (replacement name for Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b).