Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Parent taxon: Ponerinae according to U. Kaulfuss and G. M. Dlussky 2016
See also Bolton 2003, Bolton 2012 and Wheeler 1915
Sister taxa: Afropone, Cephalopone, Cyrtopone, Eogorgites, Eoponerites, Furcisutura, Longicapitia, Messelepone, Odontomachini, Platythyreini, Poneropsis pallida, Protopone, Taphopone
Subtaxa: Archiponera Austroponera Hypoponera Leptogenys Pachycondyla Ponera Ponerites
Type: Ponera
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (2), Croatia (3), Italy (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (2)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (2)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (3), Lithuania (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 42 collections including 75 occurrences