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Ponerinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ponerinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau p. 185
1867Poneropsis pallida Heer p. 23 figs. Pl 2, fig 2,2b
1975Ponerinae Dlussky
1989Ponerinae Zhang p. 259
2002Eogorgites Hong p. 525
2002Eogorgites cingulatus Hong p. 526 figs. Pl 42, fig 1; text-fig 2.8.288-301
2002Furcisutura Hong p. 530
2002Furcisutura wanghuacunensis Hong p. 530 figs. 2.8.302-315
2002Eoponerites Hong p. 533
2002Eoponerites longipetiolatus Hong p. 533 figs. 2.8.316-322
2002Longicapitia Hong p. 535
2002Longicapitia reticulata Hong p. 535 figs. Pl 43, fig 3; text-fig 2.8.323-330
2003Ponerinae Bolton p. 42
2003Ponerinae Wappler p. 133
2004Ponerinae Dlussky et al. p. 5
2012Eogorgites Bolton
2012Eogorgites cingulatus Bolton
2012Eoponerites Bolton
2012Furcisutura Bolton
2012Furcisutura wanghuacunensis Bolton
2012Longicapitia Bolton
2012Longicapitia reticulata Bolton
2012Ponerinae Bolton
2012Poneropsis pallida Bolton
2012Ponerinae Dlussky and Wedmann p. 729
2014Ponerinae Dlussky and Perfilieva p. 427
2015Ponerinae Dlussky et al. p. 141
2016Ponerinae Kaulfuss and Dlussky p. 1048
2020Ponerinae Boudinot et al. p. 30

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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
subfamilyPonerinae

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.

Subfm. Ponerinae Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835
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G. †Afropone Dlussky et al. 2004
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†Afropone oculata Dlussky et al. 2004
†Afropone orapa Dlussky et al. 2004
G. †Cephalopone Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
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†Cephalopone grandis Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Cephalopone potens Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
G. †Cyrtopone Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
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†Cyrtopone curiosa Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Cyrtopone elongata Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Cyrtopone microcephala Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Cyrtopone striata Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
G. †Messelepone Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
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†Messelepone leptogenoides Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
Tr. Platythyreini Emery 1901
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G. Platythyrea Roger 1863
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†Platythyrea dentata Lattke 2003
†Platythyrea dlusskyi Aria et al. 2011
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Invalid names: Platythyrea coxalis Emery 1893 [synonym]
†Platythyrea primaeva Wheeler 1915
†Platythyrea procera Lattke 2003
†Platythyrea pumilio de Andrade 2004
†Platythyrea scalpra Lattke 2003
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]
G. †Protopone Dlussky 1988
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†Protopone dubia Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Protopone germanica Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Protopone magna Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Protopone oculata Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Protopone primigena Dlussky 1988
†Protopone sepulta Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
†Protopone vetula Dlussky and Wedmann 2012
G. †Taphopone Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014
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†Taphopone aberrans Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014
†Taphopone karaganensis Dlussky 1981
†Taphopone macroptera Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014
†Taphopone microptera Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014
†Taphopone petrosa Dlussky and Perfilieva 2014
†Taphopone stauropolitanus Dlussky 1981
Invalid names: Eogorgites Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Eoponerites Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Furcisutura Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Longicapitia Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Poneropsis pallida Heer 1867 [nomen dubium]
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 Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Botswana Afropone oculata, Afropone orapa (123430)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Myanmar Ponerinae indet. (195455)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Formicidae indet. (68174) Platythyrea dlusskyi (123850)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Eogorgites cingulatus, Eoponerites longipetiolatus (124530) Furcisutura wanghuacunensis, Longicapitia reticulata (124820)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Pachycondyla labandeirai (138689)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Ponerites coloradensis (138687) Ponerites eocenicus (138664)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Ponerinae indet., Pachycondyla eocenica, Pachycondyla lutzi, Pachycondyla messeliana, Pachycondyla minuta, Pachycondyla petrosa, Pachycondyla petiolosa, Protopone germanica, Protopone dubia, Protopone magna, Protopone oculata, Protopone sepulta, Protopone vetula, Cephalopone potens, Cephalopone grandis, Cyrtopone microcephala, Cyrtopone curiosa, Cyrtopone elongata, Cyrtopone striata, Messelepone leptogenoides (120798)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Protopone primigena (107340)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Montana) Ponerites kishenehne (117614)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Ponerites hypoponeroides (138688)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Taphopone petrosa, Taphopone aberrans (157669)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Hypoponera atavia, Pachycondyla baltica (123458) Pachycondyla succinea (123766) Platythyrea primaeva, Euponera succinea, Ponera atavia (124073) Platythyrea primaeva, Ponera atavia, Ponera succinea (123927) Ponera lobulifera (110735) Ponera lobulifera, Ponera mayri (123420)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Hypoponera atavia, Pachycondyla succinea, Pachycondyla tristis, Ponera wheeleri (129228) Pachycondyla succinea, Ponera wheeleri (129227)
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 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Ponerites hooleyi, Taphopone microptera, Taphopone petrosa, Taphopone aberrans (123960) Ponerites sp., Euponera crawleyi, Ponerites antropovi, Ponerites hooleyi, Taphopone macroptera, Taphopone microptera, Taphopone aberrans (123959)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Pachycondyla succinea, Pachycondyla conservata, Ponera mayri (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Hypoponera atavia, Pachycondyla succinea (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Lithuania Pachycondyla succinea (113470)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) Pachycondyla oligocenica (172678) Ponerinae indet. (172679) Ponerinae indet., Pachycondyla aberrans (123794)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Archiponera wheeleri (106384 114150)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Brachyponera dubia (122536)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Brachyponera dubia, Platythyrea primaeva, 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 - 15.97Indonesia Anochetus miosumatrensis (217036)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Pachycondyla sp. 1, Pachycondyla sp. 2, Pachycondyla sp. 3 (21977)
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) Platythyrea dentata, Platythyrea procera, Platythyrea scalprum (122982) Platythyrea pumilio (21978)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Czech Republic Odontomachus paleomyagra (105508)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Leptogenys sp., Brachyponera sp., Odontomachus sp., Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Hypoponera sp., Odontoponera sp. (220273)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Ukraine Dolichoderus tauricus (138757) Ponerites tauricus (188087)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Ponera umbra (138760) Ponerites karaganensis (138755) Ponerites stauropolitanus (138756)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Formica atavina, Ponera nitida, Formica gracilis, Poneropsis tenuis (117246) Ponerites oblongiceps (113698) Poneropsis elongata, Ponerites tenuis (117247) Poneropsis pallida (117250)
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., Platythyrea sp., Hypoponera sp. (215881)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Odontomachus sp., Pachycondyla sp., Platythyrea sp., Hypoponera sp. (213295)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Hypoponera sp. (234540)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Antseranana) Anochetus madagascarensis (153607)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia Platythyrea coxalis, Odontomachus saevissimus, Odontomachus cephalotes (182105)