Poneracantha perspicax
(Kempf & Brown, 1970)
valid
Gnamptogenys perspicax
Kempf & Brown, 1970:
316, figs. 3-5 (w.q.)
COLOMBIA.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Colombia: Valle Dept, Pichindé Valley, SW Cali, 1570 m., 22.iii.1967 (R.B. Root & W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 28 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP.
- Combination in Poneracantha: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, 1995: 178; Lattke et al., 2004: 347; Lattke et al., 2007: 263 (in key); Lattke et al., 2008: 95; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 672; Camacho et al., 2020: 461 (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.
- 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.; Prada-Achiardi, F. C. 2019. Subfamilia Ectatomminae. Capítulo 22. Pp. 659-679 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Kempf, W. W.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1970. Two new ants of tribe Ectatommini from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 13:311-320. 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.; Arias-Penna, T. M.; Palacio, E. E.; MacKay, W.; MacKay, E. 2008. Género Gnamptogenys Roger. Pp. 66-100 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp. PDF
- Lattke, J. E.; Fernández, F.; Palacio, E. E. 2004. Una nueva especie de Gnamptogenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) y comentarios sobre las especies del género en Colombia y Ecuador. Iheringia. Série Zoologia 94:341-349. 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