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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ectatomminae
›
Ectatommini
›
Poneracantha
Poneracantha
Emery, 1897
valid feminine
Poneracantha
Emery, 1897
: 547 [as subgenus of
Ectatomma
] Type-species:
Ectatomma bispinosum
(obsolete combination of
Poneracantha bispinosa
), by original designation.
Poneracantha
as subgenus of
Ectatomma
:
Emery, 1911e
: 43;
Forel, 1917
: 236;
Wheeler, 1922
: 643.
Poneracantha
as junior synonym of
Gnamptogenys
:
Brown, 1958g
: 211; all subsequent authors.
Poneracantha
as genus:
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 11
Junior synonyms
Barbourella
Wheeler, 1930
Parectatomma
Emery, 1911
Obsolete classification(s):
Ectatomma (Parectatomma)
Obsolete classifications
Ectatomma (Poneracantha)
Citations
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1958g.
Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera).
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362.
PDF
Camacho, G. P.
;
Franco, W.
;
Branstetter, M. G.
;
Pie, M. R.
;
Longino, J. T.
;
Schultz, T. R.
;
Feitosa, R. M.
2022.
UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus.
Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20.
10.1093/isd/ixab026
PDF
Emery, C.
1897.
Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. Dummy reference.
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:546-594.
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Forel, A.
1917.
Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis.
Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253.
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 18 valid species
Fossil: 1 valid species
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†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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Poneracantha
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