Phrynoponera transversa

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Phrynoponera transversa
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Phrynoponera transversa worker from Gabon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Phrynoponera
Species:
P. transversa
Binomial name
Phrynoponera transversa
Bolton, B. & Fisher, B. L., 2008

Phrynoponera transversa has been discovered and described by Bolton, B. & Fisher, B. L. in 2008. [1]

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References

  1. Bolton, B. & Fisher, B. L., 2008, The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa (1892), pp. 35-52: 50-52