Genus Cryptopone Emery, 1892
- Cryptopone Emery, C. 1892. Diagnoses de cinq nouveaux genres de Formicides. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 275-277 [275] [redefined in Brown, W.L. jr 1963. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part III. Some members of the tribe Ponerini (Ponerinae, Formicidae). Breviora 190: 1–10 [30 Sept. 1963]].
Type species:
Amblyopone testacea Motschulsky, 1863 by monotypy.Secondary source:
Brown, W.L. jr 1963. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part III. Some members of the tribe Ponerini (Ponerinae, Formicidae). Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 190: 1-10 [30 Sept. 1963].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [17]
Introduction
Member of the Ponera genus group (Schmidt & Shattuck 2014).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
North Neotropical, south Nearctic, south Palaearctic, south Ethiopian and east Oriental Regions; New Guinea, east Melanesia, New Caledonia and southwest Polynesia in Australian Region.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
General References
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
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 30-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-May-2010 | MODIFIED |