Poneracantha mediatrix
(Brown, 1958)
valid
Gnamptogenys mediatrix
Brown, 1958g:
326, fig. 15 (w.q.)
BRAZIL (Pará).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Pará, Belém (F. Baker). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers Rio de Janeiro (no collector’s name), 1 paratype worker Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botanico (H. Souza), 1 paratype queen Rio de Janeiro, Engenho Novo (C.R. Gonçalves). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP.
- Combination in Poneracantha: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 175; Lattke et al., 2007: 261 (in key); Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Camacho et al., 2020: 459 (in key); Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF
- Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
- Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Feitosa, R. M. 2020. Additions to the taxonomy of Gnamptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) with an updated key to the New World species. Zootaxa 4747 (3):450-476. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4747.3.2 PDF
- Feitosa, R. M. 2015c. Lista das formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Pp. 95-102 in: Delabie, J. H. C.; Feitosa, R. M.; Serrão, J. E.; Mariano, C. S. F.; Majer, J. D. (eds.) 2015. As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Ilhéus-Bahia: Editora da UESC, 477 pp. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Lattke, J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4:137-193. PDF
- Lattke, J. E.; Fernández, F.; Palacio, E. E. 2007. Identification of the species of Gnamptogenys Roger in the Americas. Pp. 254-270 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae