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Ponera

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Ponera was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant.

It was assigned to Formicidae by Pongrácz (1931), Carpenter (1992); and to Ponerini by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012), Schmidt and Shattuck (2014).

Species
P. elegantissima, P. leptocephala, P. lobulifera, P. mayri, P. wheeleri
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. fuliginosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Ponera Latreille p. 179
1931Ponera Pongrácz p. 116
1992Ponera Carpenter
2003Ponera Bolton p. 44
2012Ponera Bolton
2014Ponera Schmidt and Shattuck

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Poneria
subfamilyPonerinae
tribePonerini
genusPoneraLatreille 1804

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ponera Latreille 1804
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†Ponera elegantissima Meunier 1922
†Ponera leptocephala Emery 1891
†Ponera lobulifera Dlussky 2009
†Ponera mayri Dlussky 2009
†Ponera wheeleri Dlussky 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 37.71000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland P. mayri (120813)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine P. mayri (122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) P. lobulifera (110735) P. lobulifera, P. mayri (123420)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) P. wheeleri (129227 129228)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. elegantissima (138696)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Italy P. leptocephala (123432)