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Ponerini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ponerini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau p. 185
1911Odontomachini Emery
1915Ponerini Wheeler
2003Ponerini Bolton p. 43
2012Ponerini Bolton
2014Ponerini Schmidt and Shattuck p. 52
2014Odontomachini Wappler et al. p. 497
2016Ponerini Kaulfuss and Dlussky p. 1048
2021Ponerini Ngô-Muller et al. p. 23
2022Ponerini Boudinot and Perrichot p. 8
2022Ponerini Perrichot p. 694

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyPonerinae
tribePonerini
tribePonerini

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.

Tr. Ponerini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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G. Anochetus Mayr 1861
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†Anochetus ambiguus de Andrade 1994
†Anochetus brevidentatus MacKay 1991
†Anochetus conisquamis de Andrade 1994
†Anochetus corayi Baroni Urbani 1980
†Anochetus dubius de Andrade 1994
†Anochetus exstinctus de Andrade 1994
†Anochetus intermedius de Andrade 1994
†Anochetus lucidus de Andrade 1994
†Anochetus miosumatrensis Ngô-Muller et al. 2021
Invalid names: Stenomyrmex Mayr 1862 [synonym]
G. †Archiponera Carpenter 1930
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†Archiponera wheeleri Carpenter 1930
G. Austroponera Schmidt and Shattuck 2014
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†Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss and Dlussky 2016
G. Brachyponera Emery 1901
G. †Desyopone Boudinot and Perrichot 2022
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†Desyopone hereon Boudinot and Perrichot 2022
G. Euponera Forel 1891
G. Hypoponera Santschi 1938
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†Hypoponera atavia Mayr 1868
Hypoponera scitula Clark 1934
G. Leptogenys Roger 1861
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†Leptogenys lacerata Zhang 1989
G. Mesoponera Emery 1909
G. Neoponera Emery 1901
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†Neoponera vejestoria Fiorentino et al. 2023
G. Odontomachus Latreille 1804
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†Odontomachus paleomyagra Wappler et al. 2014
†Odontomachus pseudobauri de Andrade 1994
†Odontomachus spinifer de Andrade 1994
G. Odontoponera Mayr 1862
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G. Pachycondyla Smith 1858
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†Pachycondyla aberrans Dlussky et al. 2015
†Pachycondyla baltica Dlussky 2002
†Pachycondyla calcarea Theobald 1937
†Pachycondyla conservata Dlussky 2009
†Pachycondyla dubia Theobald 1937
†Pachycondyla eocenica Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Pachycondyla globiventris Theobald 1937
†Pachycondyla labandeirai Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
†Pachycondyla lutzi Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Pachycondyla messeliana Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Pachycondyla oligocenica Dlussky et al. 2015
†Pachycondyla parvula Dlussky et al. 2015
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Invalid names: Pachycondyla minuta Dlussky and Wedmann 2012 [replaced]
†Pachycondyla petiolosa Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Pachycondyla petrosa Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Pachycondyla succinea Mayr 1868
†Pachycondyla tristis Dlussky 2009
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
G. †Ponerites Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
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†Ponerites antropovi Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014
†Ponerites atavinus Heer 1849
†Ponerites coloradensis Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
†Ponerites crawleyi Donisthorpe 1920
†Ponerites elongatus Heer 1867
†Ponerites eocenicus Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
†Ponerites gracilior Dlussky and Putyatina 2014
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Invalid names: Formica gracilis Heer 1867 [replaced]
†Ponerites hooleyi Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014
†Ponerites hypoponeroides Dlussky and Rasnitsyn 2002
†Ponerites kishenehne LaPolla and Greenwalt 2015
†Ponerites nitidus Heer 1849
†Ponerites oblongiceps Dlussky and Putyatina 2014
†Ponerites tauricus Dlussky 1981
†Ponerites tenuis Heer 1867
†Ponerites umbrus Popov 1933
Invalid names: Odontomachini Emery 1911 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Ponerites coloradensis (138687) Ponerites eocenicus (138664)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Pachycondyla labandeirai (138689)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Pachycondyla eocenica, Pachycondyla lutzi, Pachycondyla messeliana, Pachycondyla minuta, Pachycondyla petrosa, Pachycondyla petiolosa (120798)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Ponerites kishenehne (117614)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Ponerites hypoponeroides (138688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Pachycondyla succinea, Pachycondyla conservata, Ponera mayri (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Ponerites hooleyi (123960) Ponerites sp., Euponera crawleyi, Ponerites antropovi, Ponerites hooleyi (123959)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) Pachycondyla aberrans (123794) Pachycondyla oligocenica (172678)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Euponera succinea, Ponera atavia (124073) Hypoponera atavia, Pachycondyla baltica (123458) Pachycondyla succinea (123766) Ponera atavia, Ponera succinea (123927) Ponera lobulifera (110735) Ponera lobulifera, Ponera mayri (123420)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Hypoponera atavia, Pachycondyla succinea (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Hypoponera atavia, Pachycondyla succinea, Ponera mayri (120813) Ponera atavia, Ponera succinea (109625) Ponera atavia, Ponera succinea, Ponera gracilicornis (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Pachycondyla succinea (113470)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Hypoponera atavia, Pachycondyla succinea, Pachycondyla tristis, Ponera wheeleri (129228) Pachycondyla succinea, Ponera wheeleri (129227)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Archiponera wheeleri (106384 114150)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Brachyponera dubia (122536)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Brachyponera dubia, Euponera globiventris, Euponera calcarea (122407)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Ponera elegantissima (138696)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Brachyponera dubia (122501)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand Austroponera schneideri (50035)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ethiopia Desyopone hereon (222682)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Pachycondyla sp. 1, Pachycondyla sp. 2, Pachycondyla sp. 3 (21977)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Anochetus miosumatrensis (217036)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Leptogenys chinensis (130412) Leptogenys lacerata, Euponera nubeculata, Euponera minutansata (128551)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Anochetus brevidentatus (138700) Neoponera vejestoria (152045) Odontomachus pseudobauri, Anochetus intermedius (123422) Odontomachus spinifer, Anochetus exstinctus, Anochetus dubius, Anochetus ambiguus, Anochetus brevidentatus, Anochetus lucidus, Anochetus conisquamis, Anochetus corayi (122474)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Czech Republic Odontomachus paleomyagra (105508)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Ukraine Dolichoderus tauricus (138757) Ponerites tauricus (188087)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Leptogenys sp., Brachyponera sp., Odontomachus sp., Anochetus sp., Hypoponera sp., Odontoponera sp. (220273)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Ponera umbra (138760)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Formica atavina, Ponera nitida, Formica gracilis, Poneropsis tenuis (117246) Ponerites oblongiceps (113698) Poneropsis elongata, Ponerites tenuis (117247)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy Ponera leptocephala (123432)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Ponera scitula (147007)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Boyacá) Pachycondyla sp., Hypoponera sp. (215881)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Odontomachus saevissimus, Odontomachus cephalotes (182105)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Antseranana) Anochetus madagascarensis (153607)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Odontomachus sp., Pachycondyla sp., Hypoponera sp. (213295)