This history item belongs to Ponera metallica Smith, 1858

Its current taxon owner(s) is Rhytidoponera metallica

Lectotype designation: Brown, 1958g: 275 (in text). 

Lectotype designation: {ref 123146}: 275 (in text).
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2021-03-24
  • Updated at: 2025-02-04
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Chalcoponera metallica Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858)
Ectatomma metallicum Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858)
Ponera metallica Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858)
Rhytidoponera metallica Species Valid
Other history items belonging to Ponera metallica
#294485 (selected) Lectotype designation: Brown, 1958g: 275 (in text).
#269333 Mayr, 1866b: 891 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a: 125 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1964b: 449 (l.); Crozier, 1969a: 241 (k.); Imai et al., 1977: 347 (k.)
#269334 Combination in Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera): Mayr, 1862: 732; Mayr, 1887: 539.
#281892 Combination in Ectatomma: Roger, 1863b: 17; Emery, 1887f: 444.
#281893 Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1897: 548.
#281894 Combination in Chalcoponera: Wheeler, 1935g: 10.
#281895 Status as species: Roger, 1860: 308; Mayr, 1862: 732; Mayr, 1863a: 410; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1865: 72; Lowne, 1865b: 334; Mayr, 1866b: 891; Mayr, 1876: 90 (in key); Mayr, 1886c: 358; Emery, 1887f: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893: 24; Forel, 1907j: 270; Wheeler, 1909a: 26; Emery, 1911e: 39; Stitz, 1911a: 354; Emery, 1912a: 78; Emery, 1914a: 180; Forel, 1915b: 14; Wheeler, 1915h: 805; Crawley, 1918: 88; Poulton, 1922: 121; Clark, 1928c: 40; Wheeler, 1935g: 10; Clark, 1938: 362; Brown, 1958g: 204, 275; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 20, 102; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380; Don, 2007: 81; Heterick, 2009: 140; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
#269335 Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera caeciliae: Brown, 1958g: 204, 275; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
#281896 Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera pulchra: Brown, 1958g: 204, 275; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
#281897 Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera metallica purpurascens: Brown, 1958g: 204, 275; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
#281898 Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera metallica varians: Brown, 1958g: 204, 276; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.