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Mesoponera

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Euponera (Mesoponera) was named by Emery (1909). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pachycondyla by Bolton (2012); it was reranked as Mesoponera by Schmidt and Shattuck (2014).

It was assigned to Euponera by Emery (1909); and to Ponerini by Schmidt and Shattuck (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Euponera (Mesoponera) Emery
2014Mesoponera 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
genusMesoponera(Emery 1909)

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. Mesoponera Emery 1909
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available