. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Fig. 3. Lateral and dorsal views of the worker petiole of Ponera selenophora Emery. Based on a worker from Karema, Papua, which had been compared with a syntype in the Emery Collection. Entire body jet black, except mandibles and apical gastric segments, which are brownish yellow. Appendages variably brownish yellow. Relationships. Inside the selenophora group, P. selenophora falls within the closely knit subgroup which also includes P. xenagos Wilson, P. syscena Wilson and P. sinensis Wheeler. Dis- tinguishing charac
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Fig. 3. Lateral and dorsal views of the worker petiole of Ponera selenophora Emery. Based on a worker from Karema, Papua, which had been compared with a syntype in the Emery Collection. Entire body jet black, except mandibles and apical gastric segments, which are brownish yellow. Appendages variably brownish yellow. Relationships. Inside the selenophora group, P. selenophora falls within the closely knit subgroup which also includes P. xenagos Wilson, P. syscena Wilson and P. sinensis Wheeler. Dis- tinguishing characters are supplied in the respective comparative descriptions of these latter species. Material examined. N-E. NEW GUINEA: Lemien, near Berlinhafen (=Aitape), syntype worker; lower Busu River, near. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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