Genus Pseudoponera Emery, 1900
- Pseudoponera Emery, C. 1900. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica, collegit L. Biró. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 310-338 pl. 8 [1 Aug. 1900] [314].
Type species:
Ponera quadridentata Smith, 1859 (junior synonym of Formica stigma Fabricius, 1804: 400) by monotypy. - Trachymesopus Emery, C. 1911. Hymenoptera Fam. Formicidae Subfam. Ponerinae. In Wytsman. P. (ed.), Genera Insectorum. Brussels Fasc. 118 125 pp. 3 pls. [84] [described with subgeneric rank in Euponera Forel; raised to. genus in Wilson, E.O. 1958. 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: 301–371 [352]].
Type species:
Formica stigma Fabricius, 1804 by original designation. - Trachyponera Santschi, 1928 [subsequent misspelling].
Introduction
Member of the Ponera genus group (Schmidt & Shattuck 2014).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | FORMICIDAE | 02-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| Ponerinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 | 24-Jun-2014 | ADDED | ABRS |