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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Xiphopelta
›
Xiphopelta elisae
Xiphopelta
elisae
(Forel, 1891)
valid
Ponera elisae
Forel, 1891c
: 221, pl. 5, fig. 10 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Madagascar: Forêt d’Andrangoloaka (
F. Sikora
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0101027
.
[Misspelled as
elizae
by
Arnold, 1915
: 70.]
Combination in
Euponera (Mesoponera)
:
Emery, 1901b
: 46.
Combination in
Euponera (Xiphopelta)
:
Forel, 1913k
: 206.
Combination in
Pachycondyla
:
Brown, 1995a
: 305.
Combination in
Mesoponera
:
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
: 110.
Combination in
Xiphopelta
:
Fisher
et al.
, 2025
: 337.
Status as species:
Forel, 1892l
: 520;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 39;
Emery, 1911e
: 81;
Wheeler, 1922
: 1008;
Santschi, 1935b
: 260 (in key);
Bernard, 1953b
: 192 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 305;
Fisher
et al.
, 2025
: 337.
Obsolete combinations
Euponera elisae
Mesoponera elisae
Ponera elisae
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
X. e. divaricata
(Emery, 1915)
X. e. redbankensis
(Forel, 1913)
X. e. rotundata
(Emery, 1895)
Citations
Arnold, G.
1915.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae.
Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159.
PDF
Bernard, F.
1953b ("1952").
La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae.
Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1995a.
[Untitled. Taxonomic changes in
Pachycondyla
and
Neoponera
attributed to Brown.].
Pp. 302-311 in:
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Emery, C.
1901b.
Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides).
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:32-54.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Fisher, B. L.
;
Branstetter, M. G.
;
Blaimer, B. B.
;
Borowiec, M. L.
;
Camacho, G. P.
;
Doré, M
;
Ward, P. S.
;
Longino, J. T.
2025.
A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
ZooKeys 1264:281-349. [online early]
10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399
PDF
Forel, A.
1891c.
Les Formicides. [part].
In:
Grandidier, A.
1891.
Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule).
Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp.
PDF
Forel, A.
1892l.
Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 36:516-535.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913k.
Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(Suppl.):203-225.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1935b.
Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae.
Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2:255-277.
Schmidt, C. A.
;
Shattuck, S. O.
2014.
The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior.
Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242.
10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1922.
Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
Extant: 3 valid subspecies
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