Ponera elegantula
Wilson, 1957
valid
Ponera elegantula
Wilson, 1957b:
379 (w.q.)
NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Tumnang, Mongi Watershed, Huon Peninsula, 1500 m., 14-15.iv.1955, acc. no. 799, under bark of rotting log (E.O. Wilson). Type-depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype queen. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: MCZC.
- Taylor, 1967a: 72 (m.l.)
- Status as species: Wilson, 1958g: 328; Taylor, 1967a: 71 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 361.
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Taylor, R. W. 1967a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 13:1-112. PDF
- Wilson, E. O. 1957b. The tenuis and selenophora groups of the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116:355-386. PDF
- Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119:303-371. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
- Anochetus
- †Archiponera
- Asphinctopone
- Austroponera
- Belonopelta
- Boloponera
- Bothroponera
- Brachyponera
- Buniapone
- Centromyrmex
- †Cephalopone
- Corrieopone
- Cryptopone
- †Cyrtopone
- †Desyopone
- Diacamma
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- Dolioponera
- Ectomomyrmex
- Emeryopone
- Euponera
- Feroponera
- Fisheropone
- Hagensia
- Harpegnathos
- Hypoponera
- Igaponera
- Iroponera
- Leptogenys
- Loboponera
- Mayaponera
- Megaponera
- Mesoponera
- †Messelepone
- Myopias
- Neoponera
- Odontomachus
- Odontoponera
- Ophthalmopone
- Pachycondyla
- Paltothyreus
- Parvaponera
- Phrynoponera
- Plectroctena
- Ponera
- †Ponerites
- Promyopias
- †Protopone
- Psalidomyrmex
- Pseudoneoponera
- Pseudoponera
- Rasopone
- †Siinikaponera
- Simopelta
- Streblognathus
- Thaumatomyrmex
- Wadeura
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- adumbrans
- alisana
- alpha
- augusta
- baka
- bawana
- bishamon
- borneensis
- chapmani
- chiponensis
- clavicornis
- coarctata
- colaensis
- diodonta
- †elegantissima
- elegantula
- exotica
- guangxiensis
- hubeiensis
- incerta
- indica
- japonica
- kohmoku
- leae
- †leptocephala
- †lobulifera
- loi
- longlina
- manni
- †mayri
- menglana
- nangongshana
- oreas
- paedericera
- pennsylvanica
- pentodontos
- petila
- pianmana
- rishen
- scabra
- selenophora
- shennong
- sikkimensis
- sinensis
- swezeyi
- syscena
- sysphinctoides
- szaboi
- szentivanyi
- taipingensis
- taiyangshen
- takaminei
- tamon
- taylori
- tenuis
- terayamai
- testacea
- tudigong
- †wheeleri
- woodwardi
- wui
- xantha
- xenagos
- yuhuang