Pseudoponera
Emery, 1900
valid
feminine
Pseudoponera
Emery, 1900b:
314
[as subgenus of Pachycondyla]
Type-species:
Ponera quadridentata (now: junior synonym of Pseudoponera stigma), by monotypy.
- [Pseudoponera also described as new by Emery, 1901b: 42. Type-species not Ponera amblyops: unjustified subsequent designation by Emery, 1901b: 42; repeated in Wheeler, 1911g: 171; Wheeler, 1922: 779; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 723.]
- Pseudoponera in Pachycondylinae, Pachycondylini: Ashmead, 1905c: 382.
- Pseudoponera in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Emery, 1911e: 86 [subtribe Pachycondylini]; Forel, 1917: 238; all subsequent authors.
- Pseudoponera as subgenus of Pachycondyla: Emery, 1900b: 314; Emery, 1901b: 42.
- Pseudoponera as subgenus of Euponera: Forel, 1900d: 141; Forel, 1900h: 398; Emery, 1909d: 364; Wheeler, 1910a: 135.
- Pseudoponera as genus: Bingham, 1903: 91; Ashmead, 1905c: 382; Emery, 1911e: 86; Forel, 1917: 238; Wheeler, 1922: 649; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 722; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 74.
- Pseudoponera as junior synonym of Pachycondyla: Brown, 1973b: 184 [provisional]; Snelling, 1981: 389; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Brown, 1994: 164; Bolton, 2003: 167.
- Pseudoponera revived from synonymy: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 205.
Junior synonyms
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Trachymesopus
Emery, 1911
Obsolete classification(s): Euponera (Trachymesopus)
Obsolete classifications
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 205 (diagnosis, synoptic description, distribution, ecology and behavior, phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations); Cantone, 2017: 273 (brief male diagnosis)
Citations
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Canadian Entomologist 37:381-384. PDF
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. PDF
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J.; Ayensu, E. S.; Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) 1973. Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. PDF
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1994. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla, Emeryopone and Ponera attributed to Brown.]. P. 164 in: Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
- Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp. PDF
- Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943h. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:721-737.
- Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:310-338. PDF
- Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:32-54. PDF
- Emery, C. 1909d. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil VIII. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:355-376. PDF
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
- Forel, A. 1900d. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VI. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13:52-65. PDF
- Forel, A. 1900h. Fourmis du Japon. Nids en toile. Strongylognathus Huberi et voisins. Fourmilière triple. Cyphomyrmex Wheeleri. Fourmis importées. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 10:267-287. PDF
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253. PDF
- Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
- Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. PDF
- Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) 1981. Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp.
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1911g. A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21:157-175. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 6 valid species
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