Poneropsis veneraria Heer 1864

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combination: Ponera veneraria

Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622

Belongs to Poneropsis according to B. Bolton 2012

See also Heer 1864 and Heer 1879

Sister taxa: Liometopum bogdassarovi, Liometopum eremicum, Liometopum imhoffii, Liometopum incognitum, Liometopum lubricum, Liometopum miocenicum, Liometopum oligocenicum, Liometopum potamophilum, Liometopum scudderi, Poneropsis brunascens, Poneropsis imhoffii, Poneropsis ventrosa, Poneropsis fuliginosa, Poneropsis longaeva, Poneropsis globosa, Poneropsis crassinervis, Poneropsis stygia, Poneropsis escheri, Poneropsis rhenana, Poneropsis schmidtii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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